Before September 11, terrorism was viewed as something ugly but you lived with it.
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Before 9/11, absolutely, there were concerns about terrorism; but the world fundamentally changed.
Terrorism seems to be the ugly twin of democracy. We need to learn to live with it because we are vulnerable to it.
The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.
The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.
I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people.
September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.
Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.
I know terrorism is real. And I know fear of it distorts public judgment. Terrorism is like a chronic illness. We have to learn to contain it and live with it.
Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.
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