Sept Quotes - page 2

The fact that we haven't faced another major terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11 is a very significant achievement, and one that's easy to forget - it's the dog that doesn't bark. (Alex Berenson)
I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didn't have any phone service and we didn't have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed. View quote
Kathryn Stockett
On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
Churchill, 9 Sept 1917]]We want brave men! ANY BLOODY FOOL CAN OBEY ORDERS! View quote
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way. View quote
Ziggy Marley
What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed. View quote
Iain Duncan Smith
If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept. 11 to commit those acts, if you'd looked at them before they got onto a plane, you could probably say the same thing. There were various levels of expertise, various levels of competence. View quote
Robert Mueller
There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11. View quote
Cesar Pelli
Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age. View quote
Douglas Wilder
Punishing abuse in Iraq should not return the U.S. to Sept. 10, 2001, in the way it fights al Qaeda, while Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants remain at large and continue to plan attacks. View quote
John Yoo
When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, 'I'll meet you at Ernie Banks' statue.' After Sept. 7, they'll say, 'I'll meet you by Billy Williams' statue.' (Billy Williams)
Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. View quote
Brendan I. Koerner
Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance. View quote
Ron Fournier
The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security. View quote
Richard Burr
There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two. View quote
Alan Dershowitz
When people endure a traumatic event, they are either defeated or made stronger. On Sept. 11, I told New Yorkers, "I want you to emerge stronger from this." My words were partially a hope and partially an observation that people in New York City handle big things better than little things. I could not be more proud of the way my city responded. View quote
Rudy Giuliani
I think everybody is covering their posteriors with the Enron scandal and it was very convenient that Sept. 11 came along to deflect the fact that they should never have been in the White House in the first place. What happened in the election was completely corrupt. View quote
Sandra Bernhard
Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. View quote
Jimmy Carter
Confidence comes back one at a time, but fear, is instantaneous. With an interview with Tae Kim, CNBC, 12 Sept 2018. View quote
Warren Buffett
Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics. View quote
Bill Kristol
We also understand the pain of our American brothers & sisters, who are marking today an event of enormous magnitude - the Sept. 11 bombings. (Benjamin Netanyahu)