‘Grief Is the Price We Pay For Love’: Biden Quotes Queen Elizabeth in 9/11 Commemorative Address

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BIDEN: “I remember a message sent to the American people from Queen Elizabeth. It was on September 11. Her ambassador read a prayer of service at Saint Thomas Church in New York, where she pointedly reminded us, 'Grief is the price we pay for love.' Grief is the price we pay for love. Many of us have experienced that grief, and you have all experienced it. And on this day, when the price feels so great, Jill and I are holding all of you close to our hearts. Terror struck us on that brilliant blue morning. The air filled with smoke, and then came the sirens and the stories, stories of those we lost, stories of incredible heroism from that terrible day. The American story, the American story itself changed that day. But what we did change — what we will not change, what we cannot change, never will, is the character of this nation that the terrorists thought they could wound. And what is that character? The character of sacrifice and love, of generosity and grace, of strength and resilience."