September 11th quotations

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◆ 9/11, We shall never forget, we shall keep this day, we shall keep the events and the tears in our minds, our memory and our hearts and take them with us as we carry on!

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◆ It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would have conjured up such a cowardly and depraved assault upon thousands of innocent people.

- Prime Minister Jean Chretien98

◆ This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today. 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 and fight it together.

- Prime Minister Tony Blair98

◆ Not a day passes over the earth but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.

- Charles Reade98

◆ On this solemn anniversary we join with their families and nations in honoring their memory.

- Barack Obama98

◆ 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 E Pataki98

◆ 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 Levin98

◆ The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.

- Allen Klein98

◆ Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

- Richard Dawkins98

◆ What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen.

- Robert D Kaplan98