Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 5

• Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.

  Tom Daschle

  Iraq, Wmd, People

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• There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years, and he could have it earlier.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Wmd, Years, Progress

  "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 13, 2005.

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• It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. It's obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. That's absolutely true and that's why we're not sending anybody to Iraq.

  Stephen Harper

  Errors, Iraq, Invasion

  English leaders' debate, October 2, 2008.

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• It is inherently dangerous to allow a country, such as Iraq, to retain weapons of mass destruction, particularly in light of its past aggressive behaviour. If the world community fails to disarm Iraq we fear that other rogue states will be encouraged to believe that they too can have these most deadly of weapons to systematically defy international resolutions and that the world will do nothing to stop them.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Believe, Past

  Stephen Harper addresses Canadian Parliament House of Commons, www.ourcommons.ca. March 20, 2003.

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• On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction. In our judgment, it was much more fundamental. It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems. ... I think, frankly, that everybody knew the post-war situation was probably going to be more difficult than the war itself. Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.

  Stephen Harper

  War, Thinking, Fundamentals

  "Maclean's" Magazine, August, 25, 2003.

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• Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the United States intervened.

  Jim Gerlach

  Weapons, United States, Hussein

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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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• As I have said throughout, I have no doubt that they will find the clearest possible evidence of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

  Tony Blair

  Iraq, Doubt, Weapons

  House of Commons, 6th series, vol. 406, col. 161, publications.parliament.uk. June 4, 2003.

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• 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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• The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it.

  Ari Fleischer

  Iraq, President, United States

  "White House: Iraq has mass-destruction weapons". www.cnn.com. December 5, 2002.

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

  Fred Thompson

  Weapons, Rogues, World

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• The wheel of Time wrote the first half of the poetry of mass destruction on the black board of the ashes of a funeral ground by dint of a pair of pens of nuclear bombs.

  Manmohan Acharya

  Funeral, Black, Boards

  "Gita Milindam (Song of the Bumblebee)". Book by Manmohan Acharya, July 12, 2010.

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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, World, Weapons

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• My worry is that other advances in science may result in other means of
  mass destruction, maybe more readily available even than nuclear weapons.
  Genetic engineering is quite a possible area, because of these dreadful
  developments that are taking place there.

  Joseph Rotblat

  Mean, Engineering, Gmos

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• Never, never tell jokes about a man with easy access to weapons of mass destruction.

  Peter Chernin

  Men, Weapons, Easy

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• We have high confidence that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about and it is about.

  Ari Fleischer

  War, Iraq, Weapons

  "The Rachel Maddow Show" with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. August 31, 2010.

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• When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Iraq, People, Looks

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• There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, Wmds In Iraq, People

  Defense Department Briefing, www.c-span.org. April 25, 2003.

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• The presidents poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good. But he certainly doesnt disguise the record on weapons of mass destruction. And you feel like saying to people, Just get over it.

  Brit Hume

  Fun, People, President

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• Americans need to understand that they have lost their country. The rest of the world needs to recognize that Washington is not merely the most complete police state since Stalinism, but also a threat to the entire world. The hubris and arrogance of Washington, combined with Washington's huge supply of weapons of mass destruction, make Washington the greatest threat that has ever existed to all life on the planet. Washington is the enemy of all humanity.

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Life, Country, Usa

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• Senator Lugar will also travel to Libya for official meetings as a part of the president's initiative to move toward more normal relations reflecting that country's renunciation of terrorism and abandonment of its weapons of mass destruction and longer range missiles.

  Dana Perino

  Country, Moving, President

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• Gen. Tommy Franks Says That If The United States Is Hit With A Weapon Of Mass Destruction That Inflicts Large Casualties, The Constitution Will Likely Be Discarded In Favor Of A Military Form Of Government

  Tommy Franks

  Military, Government, Favors

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• In addition to declaring and destroying all of its weapons of mass destruction, Iraq must end its support for terrorism. It must cease the persecution of its civilian population. It must stop all illicit trade outside the oil-for-food program. And it must release or account for all Gulf War personnel, including an American pilot, whose fate is still unknown. By taking these steps, and only by taking these steps, the Iraqi regime has an opportunity to avoid conflict. These steps would also change the nature of the Iraqi regime itself. America hopes the regime will make that choice.

  George W. Bush

  War, Fate, Opportunity

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

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• Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again.

  Dennis Miller

  Smile, Kids, Cards

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• I call on all scientists in all countries to cease and desist from work creating, developing, improving and manufacturing further nuclear weapons - and, for that matter, other weapons of potential mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons.

  Hans Bethe

  Country, Creating, Nuclear Disarmament

  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Journal, 51:6, 3, November, 1995.

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