September 11 Quotes - Page 3

• [New York] is a city largely based on great skyscrapers, and they will always be the essence of New York. That won't change, just as the character of the people who live here will not be altered by this tragedy.

  Donald Trump

  New York, Character, Essence

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• The men who committed the atrocities of September 11 were certainly not "cowards," as they were repeatedly described in the Western media, nor were they lunatics in any ordinary sense. They were men of faith—perfect faith, as it turns out—and this, it must finally be acknowledged, is a terrible thing to be.

  Sam Harris

  Men, Media, Perfect

  Sam Harris (2005). “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason”, p.67, W. W. Norton & Company

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• There have been a lot of events that have made me really look at the real world, like September 11th. There are so many things that just make you realize that you're not going to live forever and that you have to enjoy every day.

  Mae Whitman

  Real, Forever, Events

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy to expand the scale of their murder and force America to retreat from the world. And our nation accepted a mission. We will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks. As the September 11th Commission concluded, our country is safer than we were three years ago, but we are not yet safe

  George W. Bush

  Country, Years, America

  "On the Story" with Maria Hinojosa, www.cnn.com. September 11, 2004.

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• I'm not blaming George Bush. But I don't want Jeb Bush to say my brother kept us safe because September 11 was one of the worst days in the history of this country.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Brother, Safe

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I see water and buildings ... Oh my God! Oh my God.

  Madeline Amy Sweeney

  Water, September, Building

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• We all lived through September 11. I was here at the Capitol that day. I saw the evil of our enemies written in the smoke rising above the Pentagon.

  Mike Pence

  Evil, Enemy, Rising

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• As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of September 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment.

  Howard Dean

  Children, Believe, Punishment

  "The Flip-Flops of Howard Dean: What he said then. What he says now. What happened" by William Saletan and Avi Zenilman, www.slate.com. September 11, 2003.

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• Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world.

  Kenny Marchant

  Powerful, Terrorist Groups, United States

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• I have information about things that our government has lied to us about. I know. For example, to say that since the fall of the Soviet Union we ceased all of our intimate relationship with Bin Laden and the Taliban - those things can be proven as lies, very easily, based on the information they classified in my case, because we did carry very intimate relationship with these people, and it involves Central Asia, all the way up to September 11.

  Sibel Edmonds

  Lying, Fall, Government

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• It is with enormous distress that France has just learned of the monstrous attacks there is no other word for it that have just struck the United States of America. In these horrifying circumstances, the entire people of France, and I want to emphasize this, stand by the people of America. They express their friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. Naturally, I want to assure President Bush of my total support. France, as you know, has always condemned and unreservedly condemns terrorism, and considers that terrorism must be combated by all possible means.

  Jacques Chirac

  Mean, America, People

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• But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.

  Walter Isaacson

  People, Generations, News

  "Extended Interview: Walter Isaacson". "PBS NewsHour" with Terence Smith, www.pbs.org. January 28, 2002.

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  Jeremy Powell

  Party, Two, Battle

  New 9/11 Tapes: Audio And Full Transcripts, news.sky.com. September 8, 2011.

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• And just as your beautiful skyscrapers were destroyed and caused your grief, beautiful buildings and precious homes crumbled over their owners in Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq by American weapons.... Americans should feel the pain they have inflicted on other peoples of the world, so as when they suffer, they will find the right solution and the right path.

  Saddam Hussein

  Beautiful, Pain, Grief

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• I... you know, I... look, after 9/11, I vowed to protect this country.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Looks, Protect

  "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. October 17, 2006.

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• I listen a little to the Democrats, and if one of them gets elected, we are going on defense," Giuliani continued. "We will wave the white flag on Iraq. We will cut back on the Patriot Act, electronic surveillance, interrogation and we will be back to our pre-September 11 attitude of defense.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Attitude, Cutting, Iraq

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• On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now. We haven't been. I believe we had a president who made the right decision at the right time... to put us on offense against terrorists.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Believe, Decision, President

  "GOP Presidential Candidates Hold First Debate". NPR News, www.npr.org. May 4, 2007.

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• We're young men; we're not ready to die.

  Kevin Cosgrove

  Men, Young, Ready

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• September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

  Vernon Jordan

  Tragedy, Terrible, September

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• These monstrous criminals have demonstrated a vile and brutal affront against humanity.

  Silvio Berlusconi

  Humanity, Criminals, Affront

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• Cuba laments and expresses its profound sadness for the loss of so many innocent lives and expresses our absolute rejection of acts of terrorism, wherever they may come from.

  Felipe Perez Roque

  Sadness, Loss, Profound

  "World mourns attack victims", www.cnn.com. September 12, 2001.

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• The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done.

  George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

  Community, Done, United

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• As for those that carried out these attacks there are no adequate words of condemnation. Their barbarism will stand as their shame for all eternity.

  Tony Blair

  Adequate, Shame, Eternity

  Tony Blair (2004). “Tony Blair in His Own Words”, Politicos Pub

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• The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a process of change over the last 20 or 30 years. A civilization ends, another one begins.

  Jose Saramago

  Years, Civilization, World

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• Since September 11th, federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of them have been convicted.

  Jim Sensenbrenner

  Half, Terrorism, Investigation

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