Michael Arad Quotes

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world. What happened in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania ended the lives of thousands of people and changed the lives of many more. But they did not change the world.

There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country.

Oh how hard it is to die and leave one’s Country no better than if one had never lived for it.

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

It's a great privilege to be asked to help the country - even if it occasionally comes with some degree of criticism.

I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened, I believe it is our responsibility to speak out and demand accountability.

England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.

A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding government accountable.

A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

If we really want to know who is responsible for the mess we're in, all we have to do is look in the mirror. You and I own this country, and we are responsible for what happens to it.

My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.

What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude - and a lot less greed.

I lived through crises. September 11 is obviously the biggest one that I've lived through.

If the whole world followed you, would you be pleased with where you took it?

Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf.

We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities.

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

Old fashioned as it may seem to some, it is my duty to serve my country. And I didn't seek this job but I want to do it, and I will do my very best.

I can't leave India helpless. This responsibility must be taken and I will continue to do so. For all good and bad things, it is my responsibility. I do not regret anything. I believe, people of the country have given me the responsibility and I must fulfill it.

Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.

Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.

I hope that I would put whatever my political beliefs aside, and realize that my country's asked me to to something, and do it.