Saddam Hussein Quotes (88 Quotes)

What does the despot of this century want What is the right path to defeat him

For three days we have been holding a hunger strike protesting against your way in treating us against you and your masters.

Terrorism is coming. I told the Americans a long time before Aug 2 (the day in 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait) and told the British as well... that in the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction.

You know me... If you are Iraqi, you know me.

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

Saying every man or woman is a glory symbol of jihad holding the flag of God, ... hit them back and front so they stumble and lose control so they fall to your fire.

The White House is the No. 1 liar.

It is a tragedy. I led you for 35 years. How can you lead me out of court Shame on you.

Cheney predicted that should a U. S.-led attack occur, the forces would be greeted as liberators ... or perhaps killed by his own people.

Today we accomplished the final amendments of the new constitution and the final version has been presented to the United Nations to print it and to be distributed to the Iraqi people,

They brought me here to the door and I was handcuffed. They cannot bring in the defendant in handcuffs,

I do not respond to this so-called court, with all due respect to its people, and I retain my constitutional right as the president of Iraq . Neither do I recognize the body that has designated and authorized you, nor the aggression, because all that has been built on false basis is false.

After the course of the aggression 11 years ago, backed up by a continuous aggression till this day, our people will not be taken by surprise.

We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought.

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.

My brother, love your people, love Palestine, love your nation, long live Palestine.

Why have you brought us here with force Your authority gives you the right to try a defendant in absentia. Are you trying to overcome your own smallness.

We have been on a hunger strike for the past three days in protest of the treatment by you and your masters.

Our enemy is not the American people. Our enemy is the American government which is destroying Iraq.

This was an informing operation, like any policeman when he tells something to his station or any citizen who sees or hears (a crime). To say that those people were sentenced to death because Abdullah wrote or it was said that he wrote it, this is rubbish.

I am trying to extinguish the fire with few drops of water.

We have not agreed on this constitution. We have objections which are the same as we had from day one,

controlled Middle East oil, it would control the world. This oil represents 65 percent of world oil reserves. Therefore, America believes if it squashed Iraq, it would control the oil of the Middle East and consequently hold the oil in its hands and fix its price the way it likes.

Iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction, and I challenge anyone who claims that we have them to come forward with their evidence and present it before public opinion,

You call yourself a hero and a leader of the Arab nation, you are a nobody.

Iraq was in clear material violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441. They maintained programs and activities, and they certainly had the intentions at a point to resume their programs. So there was a lot they wanted to hide because it showed what they were doing that was illegal.

Who are you and what are you?... I need to know.

We want to hold a quick meeting without wasting more time to discuss the issue of aggression on Palestinians, in particular,

Do you know the pretext this time (Washington) is saying that Iraq is threatening the American aircraft of aggression, which break through its air, trespassing upon its skies, sovereignty, land, people and wealth,

If I'm able to get fuel . . . it's more useful for us than this theater called the Saddam trial,

Tens of thousands of innocent people were buried alive in mass graves and these martyrs have become the symbol of the black regime

Because of U.S. actions, Iraq today is a free and sovereign nation, ... will receive the justice he denied so many for so long.

We have been on hunger strike for three days protesting the bad treatment from you and your leaders.

And Israel. Because we don't consider Israel a state, you didn't mention it. But the international community recognizes Israel as a state so you must mention Israel.

It was the most wonderful thing I've seen in my life. He was the most wonderful and courageous father,

The people and the leaders of Baghdad have resolved to compel the Mongols of this age to commit suicide on its walls.

I do not recognize the body that has authorized you and I don't recognize this aggression.

Some U.S. lawmakers, particularly Democrats, remained leery of the prospect of war even after Powell's speech. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, said Powell had made a very strong case ... in blood and treasure.