Press Release
| PRESS RELEASE (9/14/2001) |
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NEWS FROM THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gephardt Statement on the Day of National Prayer and Remembrance and on the Need for Tolerance "At this moment of national tragedy, on this day of National Prayer and Remembrance, all of us have an obligation to do everything to comfort the victims and their families, and find the perpetrators of this awful attack against the American people. This is a day of national healing, of reconciliation, of remembering the thousands of victims and their families who suffered in Tuesday's terrorist attack in such an unspeakable way. As we pray and remember on this day, we also must be conscious of the need for calm, patience and tolerance as we begin to meet the monumental challenges before us. "In the face of this act of terror, we must not abandon our bedrock American values of freedom and civil liberties that define our democracy. In World War II, our country made the shameful mistake of putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps where they were stripped of their rights, their dignity, their possessions. Among them was my colleague Congressman Mike Honda who reminds us that, 'civil liberty and due process were put in jeopardy by rage and hatred.' "We must not repeat this mistake. I call on the American people - who have been so heroic and so kind in the last 48 hours - also to unite in condemnation of all hate crimes against all people in the United States. We must respect every minority community in our country, especially, at this moment, Arab-Americans, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and other Americans of South Asian descent. "I pray all Americans will move forward with a common commitment to tolerance, human rights, human respect, and the rule of law at this most difficult moment." |
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