Editing World Communtary (section)

==Political Figures== 
“My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for the world.  I understand the public doesn't care about the tests and figures the scientists want to do to these Americans – but they are necessary.  As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.  And so will the Survivors.  But, government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.  People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.  I was always dreaming about very powerful people – dictators, super heroes and things like that.  I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even, like Jesus, be for thousands of years remembered.  Flight 283 will be remembered in history as the Americans who wouldn’t let the terrorists win.  In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties and it doesn’t make a difference how they survived.  They are truly special.  The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else.  But at the end of the day FEMA, screwed up, and they have got to make amends.  To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.”  '''--Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger''' [CA Governor]


“The survivors of that fifth plane are heroes. Their existence takes us back to the day that changed the world.  You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.  I hope they use that courage to empower others.  I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've done whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.”  '''--Mayor Michael Bloomberg''' [NY mayor]


“Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and that's the time when they most need to think.  Our paradigm now seems to be: Something terrible happened to us on September 11, and that gives us the right to interpret all future events in a way that everyone else in the world must agree with us. And if they don't, they can go straight to hell.  The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.  Behind us we can look back and see the great expanse of American achievement; and before us we can see even greater, grander frontiers of possibility  As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity.  We cannot build our own future without helping the survivors of Flight 283 rebuild their’s.”  '''--Bill Clinton'''


“Why were the American people not told of these survivors?  These heroes?  I challenge you to accept the answers to that question with good will.  The challenges of the unknown are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation on this happy day and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future as a global village. Eleanor Roosevelt understood that every one of us every day has choices to make about the kind of person we are and what we wish to become. You can decide to be someone who brings people together, or you can fall prey to those who wish to divide us. You can be someone who educates yourself, or you can believe that being negative is clever and being cynical is fashionable. You have a choice.  When I am talking about "It Takes a Village", I'm obviously not talking just about or even primarily about geographical villages any longer, but about the network of relationships and values that do connect us and binds us together. That includes the brave men and women of AA Flight 283.”    '''--Hillary Rodham Clinton'''