No amount of time will weaken our allegiance to avenging those lost in the horrible attacks. America has a sharp memory, a firm resolve, and a commitment to her own.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy.
I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.
America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation.
The last four years have not diluted the memory or weakened the resolve of our citizens. Four years later, our hearts still hurt for the families whose loved ones were murdered that day.
America is the light, and her people are the goodness that grows from that. She'll always be worth fighting for - it was my greatest honor to fight for her every day of my adult life.
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.
The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.
One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing of the past and will never be repeated. That's just not true.
I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.
We have gutted our ability to detect the next attack. And I would not stand for that as president of the United States.