It's now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.
-- Jo Moore, UK PR agent, Sept. 11, 2001
Having been attacked by al-Qa'ida, for us now to go bombing Iraq in response would be like our invading Mexico after the Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor.
-- Richard Clarke, National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, Sept 12, 2001
Never let a crisis go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things.
—Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to U.S. President Obama