What is true is [Bashar] Assad got rid of his chemical…

Assad is always a priority. That is not an issue. He is a war crime. He has done terrible things to his own people.…

— Nikki Haley

Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

— Anonymous

The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons.

— Dick Cheney

I don't regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change my assessments…

— Barack Obama

Luckily for [Barack] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal [to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons] which he quickly accepted -…

— Noam Chomsky

In the eyes of the Iranians, they don't respect or fear Barack Obama. He drew a line against Assad when he used chemical weapons…

— Lindsey Graham

The other thing I said is the great irony is you will be back fighting against your own weapons. Had [Bashar] Assad been bombed…

— Rand Paul

I take very seriously my responsibility as Secretary-General to make sure that the United Nations is doing everything it can to uphold the universal…

— Ban Ki-moon

If you're going to be involved in Syria, then you need to make sure that there really is peace in Syria. And that means…

— Jeremy Hunt

Chemical weapons, biological weapons, and nuclear weapons should never be used.

— Brad Schneider

Any use of chemical weapons, by anyone, under any circumstances, is a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary…

— Ban Ki-moon

I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate…

— Ban Ki-moon

Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use.

— Richard N. Haass

The United States, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroyed the last of its stocks of VX and other chemical agents on the…

— Barton Gellman

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