September 11th Quotes - Page 3

• After September 11th, freedom of speech in America has become a topic that's touchier than a Vatican summer camp.

  Dennis Miller

  Summer, America, Freedom Of Speech

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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, September 11

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Since September 11th, federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half those charged have been convicted. Federal, state, and local law enforcement have used the Patriot Act to break up terror cells in New York and Oregon and Virginia and in Florida. We've prosecuted terrorist operatives and supporters. These efforts have not always made the headlines but they've made communities safer. The Patriot Act has accomplished exactly what it was designed to do.

  George W. Bush

  Effort, Community, September 11

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Moreover, it is so important that people have the opportunity to share their stories and have them documented. There have been large-scale oral history projects after many events, from September 11th to Hurricane Katrina. Many oral history projects are much more confined, but equally valuable. We can learn about different working conditions, living conditions, trauma experiences and much more through oral history.

  Patricia Leavy

  Opportunity, People, September 11

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• The 20th century saw far greater catastrophes than September 11th, as bad as it was, and they didn't render literature or art or music irrelevant. In fact, I think that literature and art help us to understand - sometimes they provide narratives and metaphors for understanding history, for understanding recent catastrophes.

  Jay McInerney

  Art, Thinking, Understanding

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Grief, Hands

  Source: www.today.com

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• In America now every romantic comedy is interpreted politically. I can remember when I was promoting Black Hawk Down we were all being asked what it said about September 11th. Well, it was shot before that happened, so, nothing.

  Eric Bana

  America, Black, September 11

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• September 11th does not justify ignoring the Constitution by creating broad new federal police powers. The rule of law is worthless if we ignore it whenever crises occur.

  Ron Paul

  Law, Creating, Police

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• When the United States invaded Iraq, a New York Times/CBS News survey estimated that 42 percent of the American public believed that Saddam Hussein was directly responsible for the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. And an ABC news poll said that 55 percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein directly supported al-Qaeda. None of this opinion is based on evidence (because there isn’t any).

  Arundhati Roy

  New York, Iraq, September 11

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Immediately after the September 11th attacks, I volunteered to go to Afghanistan in any capacity that the CIA wanted me. Four months passed before I was able to go overseas, just because my skill set was not one that was important in those really early days after the attacks.

  John Kiriakou

  Skills, September 11, Important

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• One of the reasons I decided to apply for American citizenship after something like a quarter of century of living here on a British, European Union passport and a green card, was my identification with the United States in the post-September 11th period.

  Christopher Hitchens

  United States, Cards, Unions

  Source: www.npr.org

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• There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Memories, Mean, Firefighter

  "Kudlow & Company", www.realclearpolitics.com. March 26, 2007.

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• I support security at the borders. I think security is enormously important in the post-September 11th period. I think we have to know who's coming into this country. We have to be able to identify them; we have to be able to figure out who they are.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Country, Thinking, Support

  "He's Ready! Rudy Giuliani Talks with Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. February 6, 2007.

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• I understand, probably more than anyone, what a threat Iraq was and the people that threatened Iraq was. I was beneath the towers on September 11th when they fell. And I -- again, I just -- I want to thank the President for the honor in allowing me to go there, because I lost 23 people. I wear this memorial band for the 23 I lost.

  Bernard Kerik

  Iraq, People, Memorial

  "Cnn Live Event/Special" with Soledad O'brien, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2003.

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• For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.

  Zach Wamp

  Islamic, Years, September 11

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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, September 11, Generations

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

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

  Ulrich Beck

  September 11, Wave, Enormous

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• In time, perhaps, we will mark the memory of September 11th in stone and metal, something we can show children, as yet unborn, to help them understand what happened on this minute and on this day. But for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we’ll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Memories, September 11

  The World Will Always Remember 9/11, delivered 11 December 2011

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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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• In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice.

  Doc Hastings

  Commitment, Fighting, Justice

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• Today, Iraq is an immediate danger to our nation. This time, we cannot wait. We cannot wait for Saddam Hussein to take a devastating action or to transfer a weapon of mass destruction to someone else who will. After September 11th, it is simply no longer an option to sit back and contemplate an enemy - one with a stated intent to harm us, a track record and the means, and just wait for him to strike in order to protect ourselves.

  Richard Armitage

  Mean, Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• After September 11th, nations from across the globe offered their generous assistance to the people of New York. And whenever our friends around the world need our assistance, New York is there.

  George Pataki

  New York, People, September 11

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• There will be no going back to the era before September the 11th, 2001 - to false comfort in a dangerous world.

  George W. Bush

  Dangerous World, September 11, President

  George W. Bush's Addresses the Nation, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 7, 2003.

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• I haven't seen it. I don't really need Michael Moore to tell me about September 11th.

  Rudy Giuliani

  September 11, Needs, Politics

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• America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do us harm. We have faced - and met - tremendous challenges ramping up a public health and safety system to protect Americans from future threats.

  Christopher Bond

  War, Iraq, America

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