Ali Khamenei
Political Leader
"No, we did not do this, and we are not with you."
September 11 quotes
September 11
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Lamar Alexander
Politician
"September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for."
Virgil
Poet
"No day shall erase you from the memory of time"
Kofi Annan
Diplomat, Politician
"There can be no doubt that these attacks are deliberate acts of terrorism, carefully planned and coordinated and as such I condemn them utterly. Terrorism must be fought resolutely wherever it appears."
Zell Miller
Politician
"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?"
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"Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do."
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"My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something."
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"The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism."
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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."
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"The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of mass destruction, but with blades you can buy at a newsagent"
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"September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy."
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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."
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"I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11."
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"Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency previously declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States. Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2010."
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"Speaking as a New Yorker, I found [September 11] a shocking and terrifying event, particularly the scale of it."
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"I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come."
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"I never got a lot done using a broomstick. You've got to have something that's lethal."
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"Fox News has learned some United States investigators believe that there are Israelis again very much engaged in spying in and on the United States, who may have known things they didn't tell us before September 11, 2001."
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"Anything Can Happen, on the other hand, is not only about the atrociousness of the September 11 attack, it is also a premonition of the deadly retaliation that was bound to come."
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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."
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"September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the US government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That's all to the good."
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"Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States."
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"That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit."
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