George W. Bush September 11 Quotations

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

There will be no going back to the era before September 11th, 2001, to false comfort in a dangerous world.

I... you know, I... look, after 9/11, I vowed to protect this country.

What's the sense of sending $2 million missiles to hit a $10 tent that's empty?

We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th.

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.

... 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.

These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat.But they have failed; our country is strong.

War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing.

Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.