The problem here is that there will always be some…

In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons.

— John Charles Polanyi

We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

— Dick Cheney

Almost all of the governments have agreed that they will not acquire nuclear weapons and that they will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency…

— John Burroughs

But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons…

— Condoleezza Rice

It would seem to be the case that pressure on Iran to acquire nuclear weapons is almost totally driven by their need for a…

— Richard A. Falk

The North Koreas of the world are trying very hard to acquire the material they need to acquire nuclear weapons, as is the case…

— Richard Fadden

Our bottom line, if you want to call it a red line, president's bottom line has been that Iran will not acquire a nuclear…

— Susan Rice

Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

— Jim Jeffords

It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and…

— Tony Blair

There is no question that Iraq possesses biological and chemical weapons and that he [Saddam Hussein] seeks to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction,…

— Christopher Dodd

We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium…

— Dick Cheney

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

Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too badly, either…

— Robert Fisk

I certainly have no regrets about overthrowing Saddam Hussein. I'd do it again. And, yes, there are a lot of things that I think…

— Condoleezza Rice

But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part…

— Condoleezza Rice