Affected Quote by Michael Arad

“Take responsibility for the city”

— Sunday Adelaja

I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11.

— Lanford Wilson

We're downtown New Yorkers and had very close proximity to the events of September 11th. Like everybody on the island of Manhattan, we were…

— Mike D

We have a responsibility to address the struggles that New Yorkers are living through.

— Zohran Mamdani

You are responsible for the world that you live in. It is not government's responsibility. It is not your school's or your social club's…

— August Wilson

I had just moved to New York in September 2001, and immediately 9/11 happened, and of course it completely changed the city and everybody…

— Cassandra Clare

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable…

— Walter Inglis Anderson

What did Sept. 11 do? It took me from 60-70 percent name recognition as mayor of New York to about 90 percent. Of course…

— Rudy Giuliani

September 11 was, and remains, above all an immense human tragedy. But September 11 also posed a momentous and deliberate challenge not just to…

— Tony Blair

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable…

— Walter Anderson

To put off the inevitable, we try to fix the city in place, remember it as it was, doing to the city what we…

— Colson Whitehead

None of us are responsible for all the things that happen to us, but we are responsible for the way we act when they…

— Ash Sweeney