Following is the Quote of the Day from September 12, 2001.
Editorial
The New York Times, September 12, 2001
“But this is an age when even revenge is complicated, when it is hard to match the desire for retribution with the need for certainty. We suffer from an act of war without any enemy nation with which to do battle. The same media that brought us the pictures of a collapsing World Trade Center shows us the civilians who live in the same places that terrorists may dwell, whose lives are just as ordinary and just as precious as the ones that we have lost.”
https://pnhp.org/news/2001/september/nyt-editorial
And now…
Editorial
The New York Times, September 10, 2011
“A decade later, we’re still trying to understand, looking back and looking ahead. It is not enough simply to remember and grieve.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/loss-and-hope.html