Top 868 September 11th Quotes & Sayings

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.
The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th.
The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.
In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders. — © Bobby Jindal
In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders.
If, for a moment, it seemed that September 11th could be identified with Iraq, the illusion was short-lived.
What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen.
On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And then, on a Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, we had the terrorist attack in the United States.
I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.
The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.
And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .
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.
I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: September 11th we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance.
After the attacks on September 11th, we all learned lessons.
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. — © Rudy Giuliani
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified.
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.
September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale.
The lesson of September the 11th is: Take threats before they fully materialize.
After September 11th, freedom of speech in America has become a topic that's touchier than a Vatican summer camp.
If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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.
The first time I realised I was patriotic was after September 11th.
After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11, we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.
The whole world has changed after September 11th.
The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy to expand the scale of their murder and force America to retreat from the world. And our nation accepted a mission. We will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks. As the September 11th Commission concluded, our country is safer than we were three years ago, but we are not yet safe
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.
Ellen Barkin, your upcoming TV show ‘The New Normal’ premiers on September 11th. September 11th, that sounds about right. Every clip I’ve seen feels like I’m watching a third tower collapse.
Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy.
Letting the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund close is not an option.
15 of the 19 [September 11th] hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
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.
Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.
I haven't seen it. I don't really need Michael Moore to tell me about September 11th.
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.
There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.
We will always remember the victims of the horrific terror attacks of September 11th, 2001.
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.
Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September, and even before then it was quite busy.
A lot of people were moved to write after September 11th. It had to affect us all in a way. — © Peter Frampton
A lot of people were moved to write after September 11th. It had to affect us all in a way.
The President reminded us that the war in Iraq is a central battlefield in the war on terror that began the morning of September the 11th.
There will be no going back to the era before September the 11th, 2001 - to false comfort in a dangerous world.
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.
We need to enact a strong standard that will stop a terrorist or illegal alien from getting a driver's license because border security is a major concern in a post-September 11th world.
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
Even though I was concentrating on that two-week period from September 11th to September 20th, I was seeing the policy for real, happening, that we were talking about in the film.
Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever been committed on American soil. We bear witness that the worst crime, the worst tragedy, that has ever taken place on American soil is not September 11th. It's not the twin towers. It's the holocaust that black folks been dealing with for 400 years.
Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.
The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.
The terrorism danger to the United States "is even worse than September 11th, when 19 hijackers murdered almost 3,000 Americans." — © Newt Gingrich
The terrorism danger to the United States "is even worse than September 11th, when 19 hijackers murdered almost 3,000 Americans."
For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th.
The Republican effort to make the September 11th attack on Benghazi into a scandal is really about one thing and one thing only: Hillary Clinton.
I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the 11th never happened.
Nobody should underestimate how much the world changed on the 11th of September 2001.
Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.
The September 11th tragedy forced us all to look at the world in a different way, and it reminds us all of the importance of living every moment.
It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.
September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.
For me, there is nothing that encapsulates both our misguided response to the attacks of September 11th and the entire Iraq war itself more than a sense of lost opportunity.
Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.
It's important that the United States not forget the lessons of September the 11th, 2001. I assure you, I'm not going to forget them.
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