“There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city”

“I had hope, however; I had been wounded seven times during the war, and once before in this same lung; and I did not believe I was going to die.”