Top 14 Kidnapping Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Kidnapping Quotes from famous people such as Robert Bourassa, Christopher Voss, Janine di Giovanni, Robert C. O’Brien, J. Jayalalithaa, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

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It seemed to be inadmissible to give in on such a fundamental point. This would have meant that any one who would have wanted to be a terrorist could gain eventually their freedom thanks to another kidnapping.
Robert Bourassa
In my years as the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator, I learned an important fundamental lesson: Hostage negotiation is often nothing more than a business transaction.
Christopher Voss
Once Iraq became a hot bed for kidnapping, reporters had to use every kind of trick they could manage to avoid it. This included chase cars, security men for more prosperous agencies and networks, and GPS signals on satellite phones that could pinpoint the journalist’s locations.
Janine di Giovanni
Iran has pursued a deliberate policy of kidnapping and unjustly detaining innocent Americans since the very beginning of its revolutionary regime.
Robert C. O’Brien
Tough action is being taken on criminals involved in robbery, kidnapping and other related crimes.
J. Jayalalithaa
You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping.
Robert Bourassa
In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.
Ingrid Betancourt
I think Sacajawea was caught in a series of tragic situations – her kidnapping as a child, her being passed from tribe to tribe, being sold into marriage. However, I never thought of her as a tragic figure. I do not think she was a victim in the way we think of tragic figures.
Kathryn Lasky
The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for a hostage’s release. Freelancers most often had none.
Amanda Lindhout
The kidnapped person is so tantalizingly close, kept alive by a devastating hope. Kidnapping or hostage-taking is perhaps the most disturbing form of terror because it turns this hope into a liability that can paralyze.
Uzodinma Iweala
Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.
Richard Engel
Kidnapping causes a long-term rupture in the psyche of those kidnapped and of those who wait for their return. It doesn’t end.
Uzodinma Iweala
I researched children’s rights, divorce law, and parental kidnapping. Millions of children and parents are touched by the inadequacy of the legal system to deal with the human heart.
Amity Gaige
It is important that gang members are aware that if they engage in aggravated assault, maiming, kidnapping, or manslaughter that they will receiving a minimum sentence of 30 years.
Albert Wynn