25+ Gijs de Vries Quotes On Friendship, Education And World

Gijs de Vries is a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009. He is a former Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the second Balkenende cabinet. He is currently a professor of European Security at the University of Amsterdam. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Gijs de Vries on life, friendship, education.

Top 10 Gijs De Vries Quotes

1. In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.
2. In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.
3. If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.
4. If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.
5. The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.
6. In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.
7. Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.
8. The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.
9. Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.
10. Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.

Gijs De Vries Short Quotes

• The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.
• We remain vulnerable.There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism.
• Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.
• If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.
• We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

Gijs de Vries Famous Quotes And Sayings

The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims. — Gijs de Vries

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential. — Gijs de Vries

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims. — Gijs de Vries

We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new. — Gijs de Vries

Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions. — Gijs de Vries

I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops. — Gijs de Vries

There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism. — Gijs de Vries

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. — Gijs de Vries

The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed. — Gijs de Vries

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally. — Gijs de Vries

Life Lessons by Gijs de Vries

1. Gijs de Vries taught us that it is possible to make a difference in the world by standing up for what you believe in and taking action.
2. He demonstrated that it is important to be open to compromise and to strive for consensus in order to achieve progress.
3. He showed us that it is possible to make a positive impact on society by working together and taking collective action.