Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 4

• I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

  Tony Blair

  Iraq, Doubt, Weapons

  Interview with Matt Peacock, www.abc.net.au. July 9, 2003.

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• What we also know is we haven't found them [weapons of mass destruction] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete its work and give us the report... They will not report that there was no threat from Saddam, I don't believe.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Iraq, Giving

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• Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Years, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

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• I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter.

  Warren Buffett

  Country, Silly, Party

  "Warren Buffett opens his wallet for Piers Morgan and America" by Lateef Mungin, www.cnn.com. October 23, 2013.

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• Some of the same self-certified smart people, who preached about mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction, are once again trying to stampede us into war. They seem to think only with their guns. To those who want to shoot first and ask questions later in Iraq, I join in a firm 'No!' We've been there and done that, and America is still paying for their past failure.

  Lloyd Doggett

  Military, War, Smart

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• We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, Gun, Iraq

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• If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

  Steven Spielberg

  Believe, Government, Support

  "Cruise and Spielberg Back War". news.bbc.co.uk. September 26, 2002.

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• Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

  George W. Bush

  Hussein, Weapons, Dictator

  Address to the Nation on the Threat of Iraq, delivered 7 October 2002, Cincinnati Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as a model will make that easier to achieve.

  Ariel Sharon

  Moving, Successful, Iran

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• Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.

  Bertrand Russell

  Hippie, Mean, Religion

  Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.87, Psychology Press

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• Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Gun, People, Smoking

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• Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Children, Men, Innocent Man

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. September 9, 2002.

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• But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He's already demonstrated that he's trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Trying, United States, Hussein

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• Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.

  Vladimir Putin

  Russia, Nuclear, Weapons

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• Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received any such information from our partners as yet.

  Vladimir Putin

  Russia, Data, Iraq

  "Putin demands proof over Iraqi weapons". Article by Michael White, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2002.

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• If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system (and to alter the sense of entitlement - the sense of contempt, the hatred - on which it is based), fundamental historical, social, economic, and technological forces need to be pondered, understood, and redirected. Behavior won't change much without a fundamental change in consciousness. The question becomes: How do we change consciousness?

  Derrick Jensen

  Hatred, Historical, Needs

  Derrick Jensen (2004). “The Culture of Make Believe”, p.295, Chelsea Green Publishing

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• If we could bottle your luck, we'd have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Hands, Luck, Bottles

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons of mass destruction in all of history.

  Noam Chomsky

  Iraq, Numbers, People

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• We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.

  Bob Menendez

  Rights, Support, Democracy

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• This country was taken into war based on lies about weapons of mass destruction and Al Qaeda's role with respect to Iraq, which there wasn't one at the time we went in. I want to state that Mr. Cheney must be held accountable. He is already ginning up a cause for war against Iran. Now, we have to stand for this Constitution, we have to protect and defend this Constitution.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Country, War, Lying

  South Carolina Democratic Debate trancscript, www.nbcnews.com. April 26, 2007.

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• One of the most important post-9/11 efforts made to counter terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction is President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).

  Frank Gaffney

  Effort, Important, President

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• We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  War, Iraq, Wmd

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• There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.

  Tommy Franks

  War, Wmds In Iraq, People

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• Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

  George W. Bush

  Love, Peace, War

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• The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.

  Tony Blair

  Real, Nuclear, Hussein

  "Bush, Blair Decry Hussein" by Karen DeYoung, www.washingtonpost.com. September 8, 2002.

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