Chemical weapons Quotes

I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee…

— Nancy Pelosi

The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical…

— Robert Byrd

My goal is to maintain the international norm on banning chemical weapons. I want that enforcement to be real. I want it…

— Barack Obama

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

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

— Barton Gellman

Who cares how we avoided a war and got a dictator to give up his chemical weapons if we avoided a war…

— Jon Stewart

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

— Richard N. Haass

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

— Ban Ki-moon

Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger…

— Joe Lieberman

For example, the use of chemical weapons [in Syria]- some on the Democrat side have said well, this encourages the North Koreans…

— Rand Paul

He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm…

— Henry Waxman

Not all G8 members take the view that chemical weapons were in fact used by the Syrian Army. Some actually agree with…

— Vladimir Putin

Actually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn't even present any evidence. He talked "we have evidence"…

— Bashar al-Assad

“Evolution is messy. Oftentimes our brains evolve more quickly than our capacity to love. Science has unlocked many mysteries of the universe…

— Darren Main

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

— Ban Ki-moon

What happened in Syria was, President [Barack] Obama had made a statement announcing what he called his "red line": You can't use…

— Noam Chomsky

If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to…

— Hillary Clinton

Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

— Anonymous

The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons.

— Dick Cheney

“Yet, despite their overwhelming superiority in firepower and their resort to chemical weapons, the Iraqi forces failed to retake Fao, with some…

— Efraim Karsh

Putin is not a strategist at all. He has brilliant tactics, but he is a very bad strategist overall. And I think…

— Ilya Ponomarev

I think the President Donald Trump was quite clear in his statement that he made to the American people that Syria's continued…

— Rex W. Tillerson

No matter who uses chemical weapons against people and organisations, the international community must formulate a common policy and find a solution…

— Vladimir Putin

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

— Barack Obama

In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological…

— Hillary Clinton