The very best kind of Saddam Hussein is the very dead kind.

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

— Anonymous

Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is…

— Peter DeFazio

We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, consistently violated UN resolutions and in a post-9/11…

— Anonymous

Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in…

— John McCain

I think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein and whether…

— Colin Powell

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…

— Howard Dean

Let's be clear: Neither Secretary Powell or I opposed the notion of removing Saddam Hussein by force, but we wanted to avoid the war…

— Richard Armitage

But the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.

— Karl Rove

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

— Tucker Carlson

There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But…

— Wesley Clark

Under Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq possessed and used chemical weapons against both their own Kurdish population and Iranian military forces.

— Charles B. Rangel

[Saddam Hussein] could have easily reconstituted a program. He was a threat to peace before we went in. He'd have been a threat to…

— George W. Bush

The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

— George W. Bush

We are well aware that he spent many hours recently tape recording various messages... we need to do a little more analysis of what…

— Geoff Hoon

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both…

— Curt Weldon