Timothy McVeigh Quotes (26 Quotes)

Well, ... do you have any idea when I'll be going to court

tyrants whose blood had to be spilled to preserve liberty.

Based on observations of the policies of my own government, I viewed this action as an acceptable option.

intellectual ... to the animal.

There's a new constellation of circumstances today that didn't exist before, and he will make his decision based upon the circumstances as they exist now.

I thought ... what right did I have to come over to this person's country and kill him How did he ever transgress against me

Ashcroft urged the news media to exercise self-restraint ... help him inject more poison into our culture.

Don't believe everything you see or hear or read. Don't judge until you know it first. I think people need to stop digesting the superficial stuff they're fed and really analyze what they're hearing and reading. Think about it.

than the average conversation would go.

I understand. It is the position I take now. I do not foresee changing this decision by January 11,

just keep your sense of humor and be yourself.

funny, cheerful and happy -- but also misguided.

Bombing the Murrah Federal Building was morally and strategically equivalent to the U.S. hitting a government building in Serbia, Iraq, or other nations.

If people are allowed to destroy property...it's a slippery slope.

When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.

I asked him if he would apologize, and he said, 'No.' He said, if he did apologize, he'd make a lot of people happy, but he'd be lying,

Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile.

The important thing here is One person can make a difference.

I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation.

Mr. McVeigh stated that he laid out the plan and that Terry Nichols alone broke into Moore's house and stole the weapons.

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example.

If I had known there was an entire day-care center, it might have given me pause to switch targets. That's a large amount of collateral damage,

we sleep better that way ... But the truth is, there are people like him, armed to the teeth, waiting to overthrow the government.

I asked him why. He gave me the whole list of reasons. But it didn't make much sense to me. It was a bunch of stuff the government did, and the last straw was Waco,

I am sorry these people had to lose their lives. But that's the nature of the beast. It's understood going in what the human toll will be.

I understand what they felt in Oklahoma City. I have no sympathy for them, ... American Terrorist Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing.