“Frankly I'm not holding my breath for any confessional statement from Saddam Hussein,”
Jack Straw
“If military action is required, our objective this time should be not to annoy Saddam Hussein, not to inconvenience Saddam Hussein, but to remove Saddam Hussein,”
Dan Quayle
“This life we live is not for the faint of heart, each move we make affects the next and backtracking isn't allowed. So with each step we plant it must be firm and confident even with the uncertaintanties that lie ahead.”
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“We are not saying that the government of Iraq is some wonderful government. We are not saying Saddam Hussein is some saint. What we are saying is there is a better way to achieve peace in the Middle East -- through diplomacy, through negotiation and a focus on nonviolent means of resolving this crisis.”
Damu Smith
“We were not involved in tracking down Saddam Hussein.”
Ernst Uhrlau
“I don't apologize for that, and I'm not sorry that Saddam Hussein is gone,”
Dick Gephardt
“Some claim we should not have acted because the threat from [deposed Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein was not imminent, ... Terrorist enemies of our country hope to strike us with the most lethal weapons known to man, and it would be reckless in the extreme to rule out action and save our worries until the day they strike.”
Dick Cheney
