"They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?" (Henry 36).
I believe the words written by Patrick Henry in 1776 directly relate to the picture taken in 2001 of the ruble where the World Trade Center use to stand. These two pieces of evidence are so strongly related to each other because Henry describes the united States of America at a point in time when it was a weak and frail country. After the 9/11 attacks in 2001 the United States of America was practically frozen in fear. Henry talks about how long will it take for the united States of America to be strong, would take a week or a year? Henry expresses his uncertanty of how long it would take for his country to become strong, but it was something that would happen eventually. Even in 2011 I believe the the United States has not fully recovered from what happened on September 11, 2001. Yes we are a very strong and outspoken country but, are we as strong and confident as we were before the 9/11 attacks? There will always be a point in the history of the United States, where fear ran wild in its streets.
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