“The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred at the World Trade Center.” WorldBelieveTwoI BelieveJusticeMorningOfficeTradeStrikesPlanesDepartmentWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Ted Olson
“I feel really bad for everyone who died on 9/11. Not just the people in the World Trade Center, Pentagon, or Flight 93, but all of the terrorists, too. 'Garden State' came out in 2004. That means none of them got a chance to see it. Let that sink in for a second. No wonder they're building a memorial.” PeopleWorldFeelsMeanStatesChanceWonderBuildingGardenDiedTradeTerroristFlightMemorialPentagonWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterGarden State Author:Zach Braff
“We came back right over the World Trade Center, and could see, even from that altitude the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible.” WorldTradeObviousHorribleSmokeDevastationWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Hugh Shelton
“By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.” WorldDevelopmentTradeInternationalVariousAgreementMachineryParticipatingWorld Trade Author:Shigeru Yoshida
“Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.” WorldDevelopmentAccountsTradeWorld Trade Author:Omar Bongo
“I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace ... beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” MenWorldWayNeedsFeelsShouldMeanPurposeHumanityIndividualBeliefAbilityRoomsNew YorkGreatnessBuildingDignityImportanceBiggerTradeSymbolsCooperationDedicationCompellingRepresentationMonumentWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterTenants Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit.” WorldFirstsJobsTradeSeptemberSeptember 11SwitzerlandWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterSeptember 11 2001 Author:Mercer Reynolds
“Bombing embassies or destroying non-military installations like the World Trade Center is no jihad. “[T]hose who launched the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks not only killed thousands of innocent people in the United States but also put the lives of millions of Muslims across the world at risk. Bin Laden is not a prophet that we should put thousands of lives at risk for.” PeopleWorldShouldStatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesRiskMilitaryTradeTerroristInnocentProphetDestroyingBin LadenBombingJihadTerrorist AttacksWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterEmbassyInstallationSept 11 Author:Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
“Britain is obviously one of the world powers and they bombed the World Trade Centre, which is a landmark in itself, and over in Britain you've got Buckingham Palace and the Eiffel Tower, which are big buildings, so to speak.” WorldBigsSpeakBuildingTradeLeagueBritainTowersCentrePalacesRugbyLandmarksWorld TradeEiffel TowerRugby LeagueEiffelWorld PowerBuckingham Palace Author:Robbie Kearns
“The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade in order to investigate the international transmission mechanism.” WorldStatesOrderUnitedAttentionUnited StatesTeamBuildingModelsResearchTradeInternationalMechanismCommitteesTeam BuildingTransmissionWorld Trade Author:Lawrence Klein
“As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming.” WorldFirstsI CanActivityTradeTerroristSignificantWarningWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Bobby Ray Inman
“My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.” WorldLittlesPersonsTwoCoursesFeltBitsTakenWifeLittle BitTradeMy WifePlanesAirplaneAeroplanesDevastatedWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Ted Olson
“If 3,000 people perished in the World Trade Center attacks and the Jewish population is 10 percent, you show me records of 300 Jewish people dying in the World Trade Center…We’re daring anyone to dispute its truth. They got their people out.” PeopleIfsWorldShowsRecordsDyingPercentTradePopulationDaringShow MeDisputesWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterPeople Dying Author:Malik Zulu Shabazz
“I do believe it is the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel. I do believe that it defies physics for the World Trade Center Tower Seven, building seven, which collapsed in on itself.” WorldFirstsBelieveFireBuildingFirst TimeTradeSevenPhysicsTowersOffensiveSteelWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“How Bush and his junta succeeded in deflecting America's anger from bin Laden to Saddam Hussein is one of the great public relations conjuring tricks of history. But they swung it. A recent poll tells us that one in two Americans now believe Saddam was responsible for the attack on the World Trade Centre.” WorldBelieveTwoAmericaPoliticsRelationResponsibleTradeTricksCentreSaddamHusseinPollsBin LadenPublic RelationsWorld TradeConjuringDeflecting Author:John le Carre
“Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and the Asia-Pacific region.” WorldLastsNextChanceEconomyInfluenceStandardsEuropeTradeRegionsAsiaPacificWorld TradeLast Chance Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“I was in my office when - on 9/11. I think I had a number of meetings scheduled. I was just getting to know the bureau. And somebody walked in and said the first plane had - or a plane had struck the World Trade Center, one of the towers.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFirstsSaidNumbersOfficeTradeMeetingsPlanesTowersWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Robert Mueller
“The World Trade Center was for me not only out of scale vertically, but it was also out of scale in plan. It occupied several blocks that were all massed together.” WorldTogetherPlansTradeScalesBlockWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Cesar Pelli
“Stop seeing socialists and anti-Americans as Democrats. When a Michael Moore compares beheaders to our own Minutemen and laments that too many Democrats were in the World Trade Center, he deserves no platform alongside Wesley Clark or a seat next to Jimmy Carter or praise for his pseudo-dramas from high Democrats.” WorldNextPoliticsSeeingDramaDeservePraiseTradeDemocratCompareSeatsPlatformsJimmyCarterLamentPseudoWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterMinutemen Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“If these assets were set up as a revolving fund with which Japan could import raw materials for its industries, Japanese exports could again enter the channels of world trade-and Japanese workers would have employment and something to eat.” IfsWorldMaterialsIndustryTradeWorkersEmploymentJapanFundAssetsRaw MaterialsImportsWorld TradeRevolving Author:James Forrestal
“If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, planted at the base of Manhattan island with the Statue of Liberty as their sentry, and the Pentagon, a squat, concrete fort on the banks of the Potomac, are the sanctuaries of money and power that our enemies may imagine define us. But that assumes our faith rests on what we can buy and build, and that has never been America's true God.” IfsWorldWantMayAmericaPowerfulLibertyEnemyImagineSafeTradeAssumingHumbleTerrorismSymbolsMake SenseIslandsEmpiresConcreteTwinsTowersStatuesSanctuaryManhattanCathedralsPentagonWorld TradeFortsWorld Trade CenterSquatMoney And PowerStatue Of LibertyTrue GodTwin Towers Author:Nancy Gibbs
“As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.” WorldGrowsLeaderEconomyRiskLosingTradeChinaReputationPortionsDeficitWorld Trade Author:Jo Ann Emerson
“If you look at history, there seems to be a regular pattern: the country with the most powerful military also happens to be the one with the world trade currency. That gives them an enormous economic advantage, which causes goods to flow into their country.” IfsWorldGivingLooksCountrySeemsHappensCausesPowerfulEconomicMilitaryAdvantageFlowTradePatternsEnormousMost PowerfulGoodsCurrencyWorld Trade Author:David Graeber
“Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor.” WorldHas BeensCountryPlayEnvironmentOrganizationTradeIncludingChinaTradingArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisFree TradeSponsorsWorld TradeWorld Trade Organization Author:Frank Gaffney