Iraq Quotes

• Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

  George W. Bush

  Wmds In Iraq, Government, Mass Destruction

  Address to the Nation -- Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, delivered 17 March 2003 from the Cross Hall at the White House

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• We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons.

  Saddam Hussein

  Children, Giving Up, Sacrifice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried to prevent this day from happening.

  Jim Talent

  Blow, People, Victory

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• It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army. Hard to imagine.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  War, Army, Politics

  "Wolfowitz On U.S. Role In Other Nations' Affairs". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. September 5, 2009.

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• I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Believe, Wmds In Iraq

  Senate debate on using military force against Iraq, October 9, 2002.

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• Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

  George W. Bush

  Wmd, Government, Dumb

  Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered January 28, 2003

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• In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapon stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Years

  Hillary Clinton's Senate speech, October 10, 2002.

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• We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.

  Edward Kennedy

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Years

  Edward Kennedy's Remarks at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, October 27, 2002.

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• So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• No country in history ever sent mothers of toddlers off to fight enemy soldiers until the United States did this in the Iraq war.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Country

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• It's a slam-dunk case!

  George Tenet

  Stupid, Slam, Cases

  Quoted in Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack (2004). Tenet's response to President George W. Bush when the latter asked him, during a White House meeting, 21 Dec. 2002, about the evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.

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• The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons of mass destruction, as the core reason.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Stupid, Wmd, Government

  "Pentagon challenges Vanity Fair report" by Jamie McIntyre, www.cnn.com. May 30, 2003.

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• If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Political

  Hillary Clinton's Senate speech, October 10, 2002.

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• I think the suffering, violence and cruelty and Guantanamo and the rest is going to go on and on in Iraq.

  Clare Short

  Thinking, Suffering, Goes On

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• The situation in Iraq will be long, it will be expensive and it will be difficult. But in the end, Iraq will very much be worth it.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Long, Ends, Difficult

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• We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction.

  Bob Graham

  Thinking, Numbers, Wmd

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• Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them.

  John Abizaid

  Fashion, Military, Regimes

  "General John Abizaid". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

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• Should we freeze or postpone prospective tax cuts and avoid any new tax cuts until we are sure we have the money to pay for the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq.

  Timothy J. Russert

  War, Cutting, Perspective

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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, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  War, Lasts, Months

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• The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas.

  George W. Bush

  War, Mass Destruction, Weapons

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

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• Liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk.

  Kenneth Adelman

  War, Would Be, Liberating

  "Cakewalk In Iraq". www.washingtonpost.com. February 13, 2002.

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• You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  War, Army, Wish

  Remarks at town hall meeting, Kuwait, 8 Dec. 2004

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• We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th.

  George W. Bush

  September 11, President, Hussein

  "Why We Fight: New Film Takes a Hard Look at the American War Machine From World War II to Iraq". www.democracynow.org. February 10, 2006.

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