Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the Department of Justice Ceremony Commemorating 9/11

U.S. Newswire, September, 2006

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a text of prepared remarks of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the Department of Justice ceremony commemorating 9/11:

Good morning.

As Department of Justice employees, we are part of a network of civil servants and uniformed soldiers who defend and protect American life and liberty - and I am very proud of the work we do to prevent attacks like those on September 11th, 2001.

But on this anniversary, this morning, we are also, simply, Americans. We are patriots who are remembering our brothers and sisters who died on that terrible morning.

Henry James wrote that "sorrow comes in great waves... but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot and we know that if...

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