Claire Cameron Quotes

Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.

What a lot of the world missed was just how caring New York became post-9/11.

It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

I hope that 9/11 has grouped us as one, and in doing so it has united us. Perhaps as a unit we can help each other get ahead, survive and succeed in this free world. And hey guys, let's not forget out manners!!

In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in Louisiana, the people of Vermont are there for them. If there's a tornado in the Midwest, we are there for them. If there's flooding in the East Coast, the people in California are there for us.

My heart reaches out to you missionaries. You simply cannot do it alone and do it well. You must have the help of others. That power to help lies within each of us.

When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.

There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing.

I want to join everyone in expressing my great sympathy and support for people who lost loved ones in this terrible terrorist attack [in Orlando] and everybody still in the hospital who is struggling and all the first responders.

After the terrible events of last week, there is still the shock and disbelief; there is anger; there is fear; but there is also, throughout the world, a profound sense of solidarity; there is courage; there is a surging of the human spirit.

Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.

Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.

What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.

But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.

I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families.

When autumn darkness falls, what we will remember are the small acts of kindness: a cake, a hug, an invitation to talk, and every single rose. These are all expressions of a nation coming together and caring about its people.

On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world.

'96 is the year of love. We all need to pull together.

I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.