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(Tuesday, September 11, 2001, 8:30 p.m. EDT; during the September 11 attacks, part of terrorism in the United States and the War on Terror) — A grim-faced U.S. President George W. Bush reacted to the worst terrorist attack in history tonight with a terse but eloquent address to the nation in which he warned that those who gave shelter to murderers would be held equally guilty.

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“Today our nation saw evil,” he said. “These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten us into retreat. They failed. Terrorism can shake the foundations of buildings but not the foundation of America.

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