The Terror Years Quotes

“The security state that has grown up since 9/11 has transformed our culture; and yes, we have needed the protection. We are often reminded that we must “never forget” what happened on that fateful day. But if we fail to keep in mind the country we were before 9/11, we may never steer in that direction again. In that case, the terrorists really will have won.”
― Lawrence Wright, The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State

“The same year Qutb was hanged, Zawahiri helped to form an underground militant cell dedicated to replacing the secular Egyptian government with an Islamic one. He was fifteen years old.”
― Lawrence Wright, The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State