Timothy McVeigh

“Think about it: the government's actions in Waco were what led to my actions in Oklahoma City.”

“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”

“I am sorry these people had to lose their lives, but that's the nature of the beast.”

“Bombing the Murrah Federal Building was morally and strategically equivalent to the U.S. hitting a government building in Serbia or Iraq or any other country.”

“If there is a hell, then I'll be in good company with a lot of fighter pilots who also had to bomb innocents to win the war.”

“The truth is, the U.S. government initiated the violence.”

“I have no regrets.”

“I chose to bomb a federal building because such buildings are citadels of tyranny.”

“I knew my objective was state-assisted suicide and when it happens, it's in your face.”

“What the U.S. government did at Waco and Ruby Ridge was repugnant.”

“The federal government is a behemoth, a monster, and it's out of control.”

“I understand what they felt in Oklahoma City. I have no sympathy for them.”

“I felt I was a soldier in a war against a government that had declared war on its own people.”

“Justice is a joke in this country and it stinks of hypocrisy.”

“They—the government—are the aggressors. And if they are the aggressors, they are the evil ones.”

“I believe in a God, yes. But I've never asked for his help.”