#september

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt? ↗

— George W. Bush

#any #attacks #bust #country #course

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#american empire #announced #become #commerce #debtor

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#already #attack #become #devastating #may

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#aptly #clear #commission #demonstrates #intelligence

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world. ↗

— Tom Ford

#america #had #moment #september #sympathy

After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#beyond #completely #european #european governments #failed

I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#cannot #comprehensible #context #crime #day

If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#attack #comparison #constitute #events #historical

Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#back #developments #future #hold #important

Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#collapse #could #event #explosion #first