“We all are touched by the disaster that went over the southern part of the U.S. This time it's not war, it's not terrorism, it's nature. I do hope … it will bring the peoples of all these counties more together,”
Peter Walker
“I hope people don't . . . play politics during this period of time. This is a natural disaster – the likes of which our country may have never seen before – and it's a national emergency. And what we need to do as a nation is come together to solve the problem and not play politics. There'll be ample time for politics.”
Mr Bush
“Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors.”
Robert Fulghum
“Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world”
Isaac Asimov
“And it's different than the tsunami in Asia, where the disaster was half a world away. This time it's so close to home. It's affecting a place that many of us have visited and are familiar with. Some of us know people who live there or have relatives in the region. It's much harder to separate ourselves from this.”
Daniel Pearson
“We have just had a massive disaster, ... This is not a time to be cutting services to the most needy among us.”
Kent Conrad
“[Nancy Gibbs put it best when describing the aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster in Time magazine.] On a normal day, ... we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.”
Nancy Gibbs
