Barack Obama Quote

I said very early on, as a senator, and continued to believe as a presidential candidate and now as president that we can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the, the biggest attack that ever took place on our soil, we absorbed it and we are stronger. This is a strong, powerful country that we live in and our people are incredibly resilient.

July 2010 interview with Bob Woodward, recounted on World News with Diane Sawyer (27 September 2010)

I said very early on, as a senator, and continued to believe as a presidential candidate and now as president that we can absorb a terrorist attack....

I said very early on, as a senator, and continued to believe as a presidential candidate and now as president that we can absorb a terrorist attack....

I said very early on, as a senator, and continued to believe as a presidential candidate and now as president that we can absorb a terrorist attack....

I said very early on, as a senator, and continued to believe as a presidential candidate and now as president that we can absorb a terrorist attack....