American history Quote by Peter Bergen

9/11 was a sort of hinge event in American history, and all jihadi terrorist plots or attacks are kind of filtered through that lens.

— Peter Bergen

9/11 was a gamechanger in so many terrible ways, not just for the United States and for our own national security apparatus but for…

— Christopher A. Wray

“The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised. The war…

— George Packer

September 11, 2001, was a terrible tragedy by any measure, but it was not a historical turning point. It did not herald a new…

— Richard N. Haass

The 9/11 attack was symbolic. It was not designed to cripple us economically or militarily, at least not directly. It was designed to provoke…

— Bret Weinstein

9/11 was a hugely overblown event that only assumed its overarching importance a) because it was done to the United States and b) because…

— Martin Jacques

I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy, about national…

— Dick Cheney

In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America.

— Brian Eno

I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

— Jesse Ventura

9/11 was not an act of war. It was a criminal act. It was a simple. Criminal act by a bunch of lunatic fanatic…

— Pierre Sprey

The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy: to expand…

— George W. Bush

After 9/11, whatever the evidence of intelligence failures, many people still saw that attack as almost unimaginable, so brutal and brazen an assault.

— Nancy Gibbs