For the Record.(quotations from President Bush, and others, following the World Trade Center disaster)(Brief Article)

-- President Bush's Familiar Quotations: "We will lead the world to victory." . . . In lower Manhattan, among rescue workers: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." . . . In address to Congress: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done." . . . "We have seen their kind before. They're the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions, by abandoning every value except the will to power, they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies." . . . "I will not yield, I will not rest, I will not relent." . . . In meeting with senators, according to Newsweek: "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." . . . Presidential schedule, formerly released to public in advance, kept secret until morning of each day.

-- Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld: "It's not a matter of a single event. We're talking about a very broadly based campaign to go after the terrorist problem where it exists, and it exists in countries across the globe. . . . Therefore, it will not be quick and it will not be easy." . . . Deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz: "It's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but of removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states that sponsor terrorism." . . . Secretary of state Colin Powell: "If there are states and regimes, nations, that support terrorism, we hope to persuade them that it is in their interest to stop doing that. But I think 'ending terrorism' is where I would leave it and let Mr. Wolfowitz speak for himself."

-- Todd Beamer, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, before challenging hijackers somewhere over Pennsylvania: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll." . . . Libyan-born Yasir El-Maghrbi on day of U.S. naturalization, in Washington Post: "I'll fight whatever fight against people who want to destroy the system we have in the United States." . . . Stocks lose $1.4 trillion in value in first week of trading after attacks. . . . "No matter how long it takes," said President Clinton in 1998, "or where it takes us, we will pursue terrorists until the cases are solved and justice is done." . . . "Clearly, not enough was done," says Clinton administration's deputy attorney general Jamie Gorelick, in Boston Globe. "We should have caught this. Why this happened, I don't know. Responsibilities were given out. Resources ...