September 11 Quotes - Page 6

• Our hearts are with you and we are ready to provide any assistance at any time....This is a war between good and evil and between humanity and the bloodthirsty.

  Ariel Sharon

  War, Heart, Evil

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• There have been the most terrible, shocking events taking place in the United States of America within the last hour or so... I am afraid we can only imagine the terror and the carnage there and the many, many innocent people who will have lost their lives... It is perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the sanctity of human life and we, the democracies of this world, are going to have to come together to fight it together and eradicate this evil completely from our world.

  Tony Blair

  Couple, Fighting, Our World

  Tony Blair's speech to the Trades Union Congress, September 11, 2001.

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• This outrageous and vicious act of violence against the United States is unforgivable.

  Junichiro Koizumi

  Violence, United States, Unforgivable

  "Arafat Horrified by Attacks, but Thousands of Palestinians Celebrate; Rest of World Outraged", www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2001.

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• Irrespective of the conflict with America it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them at these horrifying and awesome events which are bound to awaken human conscience.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Military, America, People

  "Global Outrage At Terror Attacks". www.cbsnews.com. September 11, 2001.

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• We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their family members. We reiterate our complete, emphatic rejection of all forms of violence and all forms of terrorism.

  Vicente Fox

  Rejection, Support, Want

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• I send my condolences, and the condolences of the Palestinian people to American President Bush and his government and to the American people for this terrible act....We completely condemn this serious operation.... We were completely shocked.... It's unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable.

  Yasser Arafat

  Condolences, Government, People

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• Egypt firmly and strongly condemns such attacks on civilians and soldiers that led to the deaths of a large number of innocent victims.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Numbers, Egypt, Soldier

  "Israel mourns, Palestinians celebrate / Terrorism against U.S. resonates in Mideast" by Danielle Haas, Dina Shiloh, www.sfgate.com. September 12, 2001.

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• You can figure out how bad a person you are by how soon after September 11th you masturbated, like how long you waited... and for me it was between the two buildings going down... I had to do it, otherwise they'd win.

  Louis C. K.

  Funny, Winning, Two

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• Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe.

  Bob Taft

  Trust, Safe, Innocence

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• We're going to rush the hijackers.

  Jeremy Glick

  September

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• My upbringing was pretty interesting. It was a rigorous, intellectual upbringing, but with the idea that we were a part of an important and legitimate enterprise. What that meant was sitting around the dinner table from a really early age with people from all different backgrounds who believed in God. When I was reporting in the wake of September 11th in Iraq and elsewhere, I felt I had the capacity to talk to people whose beliefs might sound outlandish to more secular journalists. I felt like I could be a translator between those two worlds.

  Eliza Griswold

  Interesting, People, Intellectual

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I never got a lot done using a broomstick. You've got to have something that's lethal.

  Conrad Burns

  Done, September, Broomsticks

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• Will someone please explain to me the logic that says we can trust someone with a Boeing 747 in bad weather, but not with a Glock 9mm?

  Zell Miller

  Weather, Boeing, Logic

  "Guns in cockpit bill passes the Senate / Measure would let pilots volunteer to be deputized" by Matthew L. Wald, www.sfgate.com. September 6, 2002.

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• We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power.

  Dick Cheney

  Trying, Way, Murder

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• Thank God we're safe. What I anticipated on Sept. 11 was that we would be attacked many times between then and now, and we haven't been.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Thank God, Would Be, Safe

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• Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

  Ulrich Beck

  Wave, Enormous, Solidarity

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• What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we've been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.

  Bianca Jagger

  Country, Media, Years

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• Nothing can justify crimes such as those of September 11, but we can think of the United States as an innocent victim only if we adopt the convenient path of ignoring the record of its actions and those of its allies, which are, after all, hardly a secret.

  Noam Chomsky

  Thinking, Secret, Allies

  Noam Chomsky (2001). “9-11 [neuf-onze]”, p.35, Seven Stories Press

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• After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world.

  Jim Ryun

  Government, Dangerous World, Challenges

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• Whether or not Saddam is implicated directly in the anthrax attacks or the horrors of September 11, he is, by any common definition, a terrorist who must be removed.

  Joe Lieberman

  Definitions, Common, Horror

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• People say, 'The government couldn't carry out the September 11th attack, it's too big, they'd get caught!' They DID get caught! They're just counting on you to be dumb and to go along with it.

  Alex Jones

  Government, People, Dumb

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• Our eventual aim is simply stated - that there should be no safe haven for terrorists anywhere in the world. We say to the people of Afghanistan: 'You have been ill served by those who have made your country a centre for terrorism across the world. As soon as this stops, the world will work with you to build a better future for you and for your children.

  Jack Straw

  Country, Children, Safe Haven

  "Key quotes from the Commons debate" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2001.

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• The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist

  Carl Levin

  Iraq, Enemy, Action

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• Since the events of September 11, weve rightfully changed our military strategy so were now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen.

  Jim Gerlach

  Military, Fighting, Waiting

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• What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world

  John Ashcroft

  World, Unthinkable, September

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