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• Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.

  Saddam Hussein

  Leader, Hussein, Dictator

  "Irrational, illogical, unpredictable - 24 years on, the world awaits Saddam's next move" by Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2003.

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• Saddam Hussein has raised the amount going to suicide bombers from $10 thousand dollars to $25 thousand. What's next, a health care plan?

  Jay Leno

  Suicide, Dollars, Bombers

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• If it was up to the U.N., Saddam Hussein would still be killing his own people.

  Tucker Carlson

  People, Hussein, Killing

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• Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Real, Iraq, Rights

  Address to the U.N. General Assembly, mfa.gov.il. September 23, 2011.

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• We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is ours.

  David Letterman

  Iraq, News, Hussein

  "The First Year Of The Iraq War, As Told Through Late Night TV Jokes" by Nick Robins-Early, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2018.

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• I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war.

  George Galloway

  Children, War, Desire

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• Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

  Dick Cheney

  Kuwait, Iraq, Decision

  "Two Americas?", www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2004.

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• Saddam Hussein, influenced by fascism, ordered the deaths of tens of thousands of people, fought two disastrous wars, turned his nation into an international pariah and ruined his country’s economy. In other words, his record is identical to George W. Bush’s.

  Ted Rall

  Country, War, Two

  "Time to Trade Up" by Ted Rall, rall.com. July 5, 2004.

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• The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

  Bill Gates

  Years, Sick, Killing Each Other

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• Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.

  Bianca Jagger

  People, Community, Hussein

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• George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.

  Bianca Jagger

  Iraq, World, Hussein

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• I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons.

  James Inhofe

  Morning, Wake Up, Hussein

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• George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Mistake, Black And White, Moral Absolutism

  Simon Cottee, Thomas Cushman, Christopher Hitchens (2008). “Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left”, p.5104, NYU Press

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• Saddam Hussein is dead, and Osama bin Laden is dead. If you’re Moammar Gadhafi, living in exile is starting to sound really good.

  Jay Leno

  Sound, Hussein, Osama Bin Laden

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• Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots, and on the matter of America's self-preservation, the difference is irrelevant.

  Ann Coulter

  Differences, America, Self

  Ann Coulter (2003). “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism”, p.28, Crown Forum

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• Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.

  Tom Cruise

  People, Humanity, Crime

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• Saddam's fate should be in the hands of his country men. They were the major victims of his brutal reign and should decide his life, death, or permanent imprisonment. Personally, I would lock him away forever.

  Ronnie James Dio

  Country, Fate, Men

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Let's try to find ten good things to say about Albert Belle:
  10. So far as we know, he's never killed anyone.
  9. He is handsome, and built like a God.
  8. He played every game.
  7. He has never appeared on the Jerry Springer Show.
  6. He was an underrated base runner who was rarely caught stealing.
  5. He hasn't been arrested in several years.
  4. He is very bright.
  3. He works hard.
  2. He has never spoken favorably about Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, or any other foreign madman.
  1. The man could hit.

  Bill James

  Hard Work, Men, Years

  Bill James (2001). “The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract”

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• Asked who attacked America on 9/11, [Sarah Palin] suggested several times that it was Saddam Hussein.

  John Heilemann

  America, Hussein, Palin

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• For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

  George W. Bush

  Love, Peace, World

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2004

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• I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Believe, School, Risk

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• Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

  Tony Blair

  Community, Conflict, Accepting

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• Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

  Madeleine Albright

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Wmd

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• I'm thinking of a God very different from the God of the Christian and far and away from the God of Islam, because both are depicted as omnipotent Oriental despots, cosmic Saddam Husseins.

  Antony Flew

  Christian, Thinking, Islam

  "Leading Atheist Philosopher Concludes God's Real". www.foxnews.com. December 9, 2004.

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• Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates.

  Saddam Hussein

  Suicide, Age, Baghdad

  2003 Speech on the anniversary of the Gulf War, 17 Jan.

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