40 Quotes by Gijs de Vries

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.

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.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

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

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

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

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

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