Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Fineman

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 Dean

There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States and to our allies. If Saddam persists in thumbing his nose at the inspectors, then we're clearly going to have to do something about it.

Howard Dean

What I want to know is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting the President's unilateral intervention in Iraq?

Howard Dean

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.

Jalal Talabani

For the Iraqi state, it is very difficult,

Irene Khan

As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the USA stand out for their extreme use of this form of punishment as the 'top' executioners in the world.

If it happens, it happens, ... we're not looking specifically for Iraq war veterans.

Hosni Mubarak

Iraq should commit itself to implement the U.N. resolutions, and the Iraqi leadership should put the interests of its people into consideration.

Hassan Nasrallah

Any Israeli attack on Lebanon, Iran, Syria or Gaza will be met with a fierce response.

Jalal Talabani

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

Jalal Talabani

It was an agreement between (former Iraqi president) Saddam (Hussein) and the shah of Iran (ousted in 1979) and not between Iraq and Iran.

Jalal Talabani

I must tell you that I am committed, as the president of Iraq, to benchmarks and to do our best to achieve some progress forward for national reconciliation.

Jalal Talabani

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

Jalal Talabani

The brutal regime of the dictator fell ... the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.

Jim Clyburn

Our top priority is our troops, who are making the extraordinary effort to fulfill the mission they have been given. Democrats will work with this Administration to better define that mission and a realistic expectation of success in Iraq.

Jeb Bush

Barack Obama became president, and he abandoned Iraq. He left, and when he left Al Qaida was done for. ISIS was created because of the void that we left, and that void now exists as a caliphate the size of Indiana.

Jeb Bush

I would not have gone into Iraq.

Christopher Hitchens

There are two clocks ticking in Iran. One is the democracy movement clock which is ticking now faster than it was but it's got a lot of catching up to do. And then there's the clock that's ticking towards a nuclear weaponry.

Christopher Dodd

We need willingness to consider different mission in Iraq.

Chris Matthews

Any jackass can talk about bombing Iran.

Chris Matthews

And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives.

Nancy Pelosi

The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader,

Nancy Pelosi

Saddam Hussein certainly has chemical and biological weapons. There's no question about that.

Lindsey Graham

You want to see a war on women? Come with me to Iraq and Afghanistan, folks. I've been there 35 times. I will show you what they do to women.

The geopolitical situation with Iran and the meeting on Monday...is weighing heavily on the market.

The market is uncertain as to what it wants to do at this point. Supply is not the issue. The uncertainty about Iran is the issue.

The market is technically oversold, so you could see a short-term bounce, but without a resolution to the Iraq question, you're not going to see anything substantial.

The medium-term outlook for Iraq is favorable, but subject to many risks.

Norman Schwarzkopf

What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind.

Oliver Stone

One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and to film the actual campaign of Alexander crossing into India through Iran and Persia.

Oliver Stone

The truth is not being aired in the West. It’s a surreal perversion of history that’s going on once again, as in Bush pre-Iraq ‘WMD’ campaign.

Jose Maria Aznar

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Jose Maria Aznar

Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom