Political Quotes

“I join all of my colleagues, all of my fellow Americans, in prayer and condolences for the victims of yesterday's horrible tragedies. All of us know someone who was directly hurt by that senseless violence. I talked to a constituent, an older woman, whose son-in-law worked in the World Trade Center, and, as of mid-afternoon yesterday, still did not know his fate. We all keep those victims and families in our deepest prayers. Yesterday was the most horrific attack against our nation in history, period. Today, shock turns to anger, and our challenge is to turn that anger into true resolve. First, we must use all of our collective efforts in the rescue and rebuilding operations. There are heroes in New York and the Pentagon on the front line of that now; and we must give them all of the resources necessary and rebuild, including rebuilding the World Trade Center. Second, at the same time, we must resolve to use all of our efforts to defend against any similar attacks, and our government is doing that. Third, we must hunt down those responsible. History is littered with instances of nations preparing for the last war. Let us all learn that lesson, even if a day late. Let us be clear when we use the phrase 'war,' it is not a turn-of phrase, it is not a war against drugs, we mean war.”