September Quotes - Page 14

• 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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• This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.

  Bob Graham

  War, Iraq, President

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• 15 of the 19 [September 11th] hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

  Michael Moore

  Usa, Iraq, September 11

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• Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

  Allen Klein

  Humor, September 11, September 11th

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• Nobody should underestimate how much the world changed on the 11th of September 2001.

  John Howard

  World, Underestimate, Should

  "Spy boss warns of terror strike" by Grant Holloway, www.cnn.com. August 13, 2003.

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• I was appointed U.S. attorney by President [George] Bush on September 10th, 2001, and the world changed enormously the next day, and that happened in my state.I will make no apologies, ever, for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folks to be able to do that, not fewer, and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way.

  Chris Christie

  Apology, Next Day, People

  "Transcript of the 2015 GOP debate (9 pm)", www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

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• I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to scrape them. Some years later when I started getting older, I used to start with a 33 and in the summer it got down to 31 and then probably in September got down to 30.

  Stan Musial

  Summer, Thinking, Years

  "Talking hitting with Stan Musial and Tony Gwynn". Sporting News Magazine Interview, www.sportingnews.com. July 28, 1997.

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• When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.

  Yoshihiko Noda

  Country, Hurt, People

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• September is my favourite month, particularly in Cornwall. I felt, even as a child, that if you get a wonderful day in September, you think: This could be one of the last, the summer is nearly over. If you get a wonderful day in May, you think: So what, theres more coming.

  Tim Rice

  Summer, Children, Thinking

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• Everything wrong with America led to the point where the country built that tower of Babel, which consequently had to be destroyed. And then came the next shock. We had to realize that the people that did this were brilliant. It showed that the ego we could hold up until September 10 was inadequate.

  Norman Mailer

  Country, America, People

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• The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police had, and, just possibly, excused by the fact that a terrorist action in Britain linked to British Muslims would have been hugely damaging.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Police, September 11, Facts

  "Talk your way out of conflict and misery" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2005.

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• Thus was my first year's life in the woods completed; and the second year was similar to it. I finally left Walden September 6th,1847.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Years, Woods

  Henry David Thoreau, Laura Ross (2009). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods: Bold-faced Ideas for Living a Truly Transcendent Life”, p.416, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• The catch off Bobby Morgan
  (a backhanded grab of the Brooklyn Dodger's line drive in September 1951 at Ebbets Field) in Brooklyn was the best catch I ever made. Jackie Robinson
  and (Giants manager) Leo Durocher
  were the first people I saw when I opened my eyes

  Willie Mays

  Eye, People, Saws

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• Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history.

  Mark McGwire

  Player, Watches, Crunch

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• What happened to our nation on a September day set in motion the first great struggle of a new century. The enemies who struck us are determined and they are resourceful. They will not be stopped by a sense of decency or a hint of conscience--but they will be stopped.

  George W. Bush

  War, Struggle, Enemy

  "President's remarks at Pentagon ceremony". www.cnn.com. September 11, 2002.

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• Some persons resemble certain trees, such as the nut, which flowers in February and ripens its fruit in September; or the juniper and the arbutus; which take a whole year or more to perfect their fruit; and others, the cherry, which takes between two an three months.

  Richard Whately

  Flower, Years, Nuts

  Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately”, p.432

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• Remember back then we thought about al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and a few other places? well, we've seen al Qaeda metastasize. It is now a global scourge. And you have the ascendancy of ISIL. The combination of those two groups -- their appeal to the lone wolfs and we see them acting in Belgium and in France and in Canada and the United States so the threat factors and the nature of the threats are far more complicated and far more serious today than on September 12, 2001.

  Tom Ridge

  Nature, Two, Acting

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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

  Phillip Adams

  Mass Destruction, People, September 11

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• Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack.

  Timothy Murphy

  September 11, Security

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• 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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• U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation's continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York Daily News reports that two of its reporters carried box cutters, razor kinves, and pepper spray on fourteen commerical flights without getting caught. Then ABC News reports that it smuggled fifteen pounds of uranium into New York City. Then Fox News reports that it flew Osama bin Laden to Washington, D.C., and videotaped him touring the White House.

  Dave Barry

  New York, Cities, Organization

  "Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)". Book by Dave Barry, 2007.

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• Religious extremists want to show us that the only possibility is for us to kill each other, so September 11 is not only heinous murder, it is also global performance. It is also putting an idea into the world, an idea of destruction.

  Eboo Patel

  Religious, Ideas, September 11

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I had a great fashion season in September so I told my agent that I would really like to walk the 2015 Victoria's Secret fashion show whilst rocking my short Afro hair.

  Maria Borges

  Fashion, Hair, Secret

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I've been successfully wearing my TWA during the fashion month in September 2015, but also I felt like my third appearance at a Victoria's Secret show would be more meaningful or impactful if I could help a few women embrace their natural beauty.

  Maria Borges

  Meaningful, Fashion, Secret

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Moammar Gaddafi, who has called himself the 'Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,' should go down in history with the Emperor Bokassa and Idi Amin as a grotesque reminder of why people have the right to change their government.

  Elliott Abrams

  Government, People, Firsts

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