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September Quotes

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

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

9/11 Remarks at Barksdale Air Force Base, delivered 11 September, 2001, Barksdale, Louisiana

No day shall erase you from the memory of time

Virgil, Barry Moser, Allen Mandelbaum (2007). “The Aeneid of Virgil: A Verse Translation”, p.239, Univ of California Press

I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it's ripe; it will be exquisite by September.

Virginia Woolf (1975). “The Letters of Virginia Woolf: 1888-1912 (Virginia Stephen)”, Harcourt on Demand

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

George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.38, M.E. Sharpe

What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.

David Levithan (2009). “Love Is the Higher Law”, p.77, Knopf Books for Young Readers