Voices

The attacks "will not weaken in any way our resolve to uphold the most deeply held principles of our society."

— British Prime Minister Tony Blair

"The contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those who care deeply about human rights and human liberty, and those who kill, those who've got such evil in their hearts that they will take the lives of innocent folks. . . . We will not yield to these people, will not yield to the terrorists."

— President Bush

"Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail."

— London Mayor Ken Livingstone

(Succumbing to fear is) "a terrorist's biggest weapon."

— New York Gov.

George Pataki

"These vicious acts have cut us all to the core, for they are an attack on humanity itself."

— U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan

"While I am expressing my deep sorrow to you and through you to the British people and families of victims, I confirm to you our deep will to rid the evil of terrorism in any country as it appears."

— Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari

"(We must fight terrorism) with all the means at our disposal."

— German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder

"(The bombings were) barbaric acts against humanity."

— Pope Benedict XVI

"Terrorism is an international plague, and all nations should fight it together, because if we don't it will spread even further than it already has."

— Iraqi President Jalal Talabani

"We will never let atrocities or terrorism defeat the values of peace and democracy."

— European Parliament President Josep Borrell

"(The attacks will) steel the determination of people who recognize the threat that terrorism poses to democratic societies, to go on with the fight against terrorism."

— Australian Prime Minister John Howard