Weapons Of Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 7

• Saddam Hussein has openly admitted to the rest of the world that he had weapons of mass destruction. He used those weapons to kill his own people.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Mass Destruction, People, World

  "Questions surround WMD hunt" by David Ensor, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2003.

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• We are at war to liberate Iraq, to protect the people of the United States and other countries from the devastating impact of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists or the Iraqi government to kill thousands of innocent civilians.

  Paul Cellucci

  Country, War, Impact

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• We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq, that they would have no hesitation about using it to catastrophic consequences; the potential is for hundreds of thousands of casualties.

  Paul Cellucci

  Mass Destruction, Organization, Iraq

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• As far as France is concerned, we are ready to envisage everything that can be done under UNSCR 1441. [...] But I repeat that every possibility offered by the present resolution must be explored, that there are a lot of them and they still leave us with a lot of leeway when it comes to ways of achieving the objective of eliminating any weapons of mass destruction which may exist in Iraq. I'd like nevertheless to note that, as things stand at the moment, I have, to my knowledge, no indisputable proof in this sphere.

  Jacques Chirac

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Done

  Statement made during a joint press conference, Paris, February 10, 2003.

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• Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found.

  John Olver

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, President

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• There's no debate in the world as to whether people have weapons of mass destruction... We all know that. A trained ape knows that.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  People, World, Debate

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• Our bridge to the future must include bridges to other nations, because we remain the world's indispensable nation to advance prosperity, peace and freedom and to keep our own children safe from the dangers of terror and weapons of mass destruction.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Mass Destruction, Bridges

  Clinton, William J. (1997). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1415, Best Books on

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• You won't be reading reviews of the dystopian sci-fi flick Aeon Flux in the papers today because it wasn't screened for the press-and, given that it cost the GDP of a small country and that Charlize Theron and the director, Karyn Kusama, are critics' darlings, this could mean but one thing: A stinker. A weapon of mass destruction. A planet-killer. Folks, I'll never understand studios. Aeon Flux is not that terrible.

  David Edelstein

  Country, Reading, Mean

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• Dominating all earth from outer space will have an out-of-this-world price tag, perhaps more than $1 trillion. A question: Why reach for the stars with guns in our hands? Are there weapons of mass destruction on Mars?

  Dennis Kucinich

  Stars, Gun, Mass Destruction

  Congressional Record, Volume 151, Part 8, May 19, 2005.

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• We do not have weapons of mass destruction.

  Saddam Hussein

  Mass Destruction, Weapons, Saddam

  Quoted in George Galloway I'm Not the Only One (2004).

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• Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Country, Mass Destruction, Example

  "Diplomatic License", www.cnn.com. May 16, 2004.

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• If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

  Tommy Franks

  Government, Mass Destruction, Allies

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• The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be able to accomplish that.

  Richard Armitage

  Mass Destruction, Iran, Would Be

  "Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 14, 2003.

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• I personally think that today, Iraq without Saddam Hussein is a truly better Iraq than with Saddam Hussein. But, naturally, I also feel uncomfortable due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction.

  Aleksander Kwasniewski

  Thinking, Iraq, Mass Destruction

  "News From CNN" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. March 18, 2004.

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• He (former President Gerald Ford) made it very clear that he did not agree with the reasons President Bush laid out for the war, namely the belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or that there was some obligation that the United States or the president had to expand democracy.

  Bob Woodward

  War, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Korea, Weapons

  First (Official) Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 29 January 2002

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• The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining long range weapons of mass destruction.

  Armstrong Williams

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Long

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• People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy Mexican food, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber attacks.'

  Dutch Ruppersberger

  Night, Cyber Attacks, Mass Destruction

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• “Governments accountable to the voters focus on building roads and schools—not weapons of mass destruction.”

  George W. Bush

  School, Government, Mass Destruction

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• I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction.

  Douglas J. Feith

  Mass Destruction, Weapons, Concerned

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• Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it was a perversion of science.

  Ann Druyan

  Military, Mass Destruction, World

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• We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge. We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Challenges, Weakness

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 2001

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• China is one of the world's greatest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction to these rogue nations

  Fred Thompson

  Mass Destruction, Weapons, Rogues

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• Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilised world and will be confronted.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Ties, Terrorist Groups

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• Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement

  Barbara Boxer

  War, Commitment, Wmd

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