Walter Laqueur quotes

“The success of a terrorist operation depends almost entirely on the amount of publicity it receives.”
-- Walter Laqueur

Source : Walter Laqueur (2016). “A History of Terrorism: Expanded Edition”, p.141, Transaction Publishers

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“A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.”

“Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it.”

“The price of Justice is eternal publicity.”

Source : Things that have Interested Me (2nd series, 1923) "Secret Trials"

“I do a lot of sexy publicity, but I have yet to have any bad experiences regarding jealousy.”

“Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation”

“If it wasn't for the publicity, I would've been out of here and gone a long time ago.”

“Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.”

Source : "Q&A – Christopher Heyerdahl (The Swede)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com.

“I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation.”

Source : "A Minute With: Bill Pullman about 'Torchwood'". Interview with Iain Blair, www.reuters.com. July 6, 2011.

“Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.”

“It’s not the upfront capital that kills you, it’s the operations and maintenance on the back end.”