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> [The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world. What happened in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania ended the lives of thousands of people and changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-attacks-of-september-11-2001-were-spectacular-riveting-grim/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

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> [The attacks of September 11 persuaded many Americans that what might seem to be obscure or distant potential threats can very quickly materialize and it therefore makes sense to attend to them even before they become urgent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-attacks-of-september-11-persuaded-many-americans-that-what-might/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

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## Other authors on Attacks

## More by Michael Mandelbaum

> [Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/certainly-protecting-oppressed-people-stopping-ethnic-conflict-and/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a single, simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/in-truth-every-american-administration-since-that-of-franklin-d/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/all-policy-is-a-matter-of-gains-and-losses-upsides-and-downsides/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/in-the-past-when-a-country-became-as-powerful-as-the-united-states/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/in-my-experience-it-s-not-just-that-serious-books-get-a-hearing-on/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/after-all-the-past-is-our-only-real-guide-to-the-future-and/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-american-political-system-is-so-porous-it-s-so-open-it-s-so/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [Read the news section of the newspaper and there is confusion and uncertainty, a world buffeted by large forces people neither understand nor control.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/read-the-news-section-of-the-newspaper-and-there-is-confusion-and/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [The United States doesn't do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world's government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-united-states-doesn-t-do-what-it-does-in-the-world-for-altruistic/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [The United States plays, for the most part, a constructive global role, and to the extent that that role shrinks, other countries, even those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-united-states-plays-for-the-most-part-a-constructive-global-role/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/american-foreign-policy-for-all-its-shortcomings-has-underpinned/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [In the past, a blow to the international system's strongest power would have been welcomed by its rivals. In the wake of September 11,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/in-the-past-a-blow-to-the-international-system-s-strongest-power/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world. What happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-attacks-of-september-11-2001-were-spectacular-riveting-grim/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [To call the American role in the world imperial was, for many who did so, a way of asserting that the United States was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/to-call-the-american-role-in-the-world-imperial-was-for-many-who-did/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

> [The United States will continue to be number one, and I do not see any country or group of countries taking the United States'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-united-states-will-continue-to-be-number-one-and-i-do-not-see-any/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

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