Quotes and Sayings About Hussein
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The very best kind of Saddam Hussein is the very dead kind.
-- A. M. Rosenthal -
No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.
-- Alexander Cockburn -
Given the chance to throw off a brutal dictator like Saddam Hussein, people will rejoice.
-- Ari Fleischer -
As the president has said, if the United Nations will not disarm Saddam Hussein, it will be another international organization, a coalition of the willing that will be made up of numerous nations that will disarm Saddam Hussein.
-- Ari Fleischer -
If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again...
-- Ari Fleischer -
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 -
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 -
It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
-- Brent Scowcroft -
To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.
-- Brent Scowcroft -
If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein.
-- Bruce Willis -
The old SV (Socialist Left Party) were useful idiots for the communists in Moscow. Today's SV are useful idiots for Saddam Hussein.
-- Carl I. Hagen -
There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.
-- Charles Rangel -
There is no question that Iraq possesses biological and chemical weapons and that he [Saddam Hussein] seeks to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons. That is not in debate. I also agree with President Bush that Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace and must be disarmed, to quote President Bush directly.
-- Christopher Dodd -
The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as he [Saddam Hussein] is in power.
-- Christopher Dodd -
Saddam Hussein wrote the book on human rights violations.
-- Curt Weldon -
I think it was right to remove Saddam Hussein. I think it was the right decision then and I still think it was right now.
-- David Cameron -
The Chinese, the Russians, the Nazis and Saddam Hussein all agree! Gun Control Works!
-- Dean Armstrong -
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
-- Donald Rumsfeld -
We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.
-- Edward Kennedy -
There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.
-- Edward Kennedy -
In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.
-- Elizabeth Dole -
In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
-- Fareed Zakaria -
We are well aware that he spent many hours recently tape recording various messages... we need to do a little more analysis of what was actually said to see if that indeed was in fact Saddam Hussein,
-- Geoff Hoon -
I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas.
-- George Galloway -
Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.
-- George W. Bush -
As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.
-- George W. Bush -
Saddam Hussein was a unique threat. And the world is better off without him in power.
-- George W. Bush -
It could safely be said that Iraqis are dying at a faster clip since the American-led invasion and occupation than they did during the last decade of Saddam Hussein's rule.
-- Graydon Carter -
We've gotten rid of (Saddam Hussein), and I suppose that's a good thing.
-- Howard Dean -
When Americans invade Iraq, Bush says, we will be greeted as liberators by the Iraqi people, proving that taking out Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do.
-- Howard Fineman