bin Laden: "A man with human feelings in his heart does not distinguish between a child killed in Palestine or in Lebanon, in Iraq or in Bosnia. So how can we believe your claims ... while you kill our children in all of those places?"

bin Laden: "[The American system] sacrifices soldiers and populations to achieve the interests of the major corporations."

bin Laden: "I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived."

bin Laden: "We love death. The U.S. loves life. That is the difference between us two."

bin Laden: "We treat them in the same way. Those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they refrain."

Najwa bin Laden: "He was proud, but not arrogant. He was delicate, but not weak. He was grave, but not severe."

Najwa bin Laden: "I had never been around such a soft-spoken, serious boy."

Najwa bin Laden: "Despite his serene demeanor, no one ever thought of Osama as being weak-willed."

Najwa bin Laden: "He was a mystery to his cousins, yet we all liked him because he was very quiet and gentle in his manners."

Najwa bin Laden: "Osama had always been unusually restrained in his manner and in his speech."

Najwa bin Laden: "[He had both a] gentle manner and [a] strong character."

Najwa bin Laden: "He [was] austere, believing that to be a good Muslim one must embrace simplicity. With this new way of thinking firmly in place, Osama decreed that our home furnishings should be plain, our clothing modest in number, and our food simple. The only area where Osama splurged was on his automobiles, which were always the latest models."

Thomas R. Mockaitis: "Friends and teachers remember [bin Laden] as being introverted [and] courteous. Far from being inherently violent, he ... avoided confrontation."

Omar bin Laden: "My father [often] scorned Saddam Hussein for his aggressive character."