U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke with a committment to human rights I wish I saw reflected by U.S. leaders. "Terrorism is in itself a direct attack on human rights and the rule of law. If we sacrifice them in our response, we are handing a victory to the terrorists." (full speech). Along with denying terrorists their physical means of attack, the Secretary-General would deny them much of their psychological weaponry by refusing, as a society, to overreact by cutting back on the rights of citizens. He also spoke about helping states to develop strong infrastructures, including education, to resist teh internal growth of terrorism.