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I Believe History Will Come To View 9/11 As An Event On Par With November 22, 1963, The Date On Which John F. Kennedy Was Murdered, Cutting Short A Presidency That Was Growing Ever More Promising. Dreams Died That Day In Dallas; It Is Easy To Imagine The 1960s Turning Out Rather Differently Had President Kennedy Lived.

The Attacks Of September 11 - And Subsequent Acts Of Terror From London To Madrid To Fort Hood, Texas - Embody The Most Repulsive Of Human Instincts, The Will To Power At The Price Of The Lives Of Others.

History Tells Us That America Does Best When The Private Sector Is Energetic And Entrepreneurial And The Government Is Attentive And Engaged. Who Among Us, Really, Would, Looking Back, Wish To Edit Out Either Sphere At The Entire Expense Of The Other?

Liberty Is Precious. But So Is Life. It Should Not Be So Difficult For Men And Women Of Good Will And Good Heart And Sound Mind To Find The Right Balance Between The Two.

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