"Graveyard in the Tyrol"  
John Singer Sargent 
1914 

This somber painting is a  haunting allegory of its time." 

-- Bert Denda, 1999 



"Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they can't touch the foundation of America."

-- President Bush
September 11, 2001
 

"Today's bombings will not weaken in any way our resolve to uphold the most deeply held principles of our societies and to defeat those who would impose their fanaticism and extremism on all of us. We shall prevail and they shall not."

-- Prime Minister Blair

July 7, 2005