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title: "22 Saddam Quotes By Tony Blair"
description: "22 Saddam quotes by Tony Blair. Plus more from Tony Blair and more Saddam sayings from other authors."
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> [The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-world-is-a-better-place-with-saddam-in-prison-not-in-power/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-may-find-saddam-hussein-s-regime-abhorrent-any-normal-person-would/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/saddam-was-a-threat-that-the-threat-had-to-be-dealt-with/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-money-from-iraqi-oil-will-be-yours-it-will-no-longer-be-used-by/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-abhor-saddam-s-regime-but-the-basis-has-to-be-disarmament/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [I still think the world is better off and safer without Saddam Hussein.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-still-think-the-world-is-better-off-and-safer-without-saddam-hussein/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again - we have pledged to remove Saddam and we will deliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-promise-that-the-events-of-1991-will-not-happen-again-we-have/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [We've seen the reality of Saddam's regime: his thugs prepared to kill their own people, the parading of prisoners of war and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-ve-seen-the-reality-of-saddam-s-regime-his-thugs-prepared-to-kill/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-intelligence-is-clear-saddam-continues-to-believe-his-wmd/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [As I have said throughout, I have no doubt that they will find the clearest possible evidence of Saddam's weapons of mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/as-i-have-said-throughout-i-have-no-doubt-that-they-will-find-the/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [And the problem is, I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong, but I can't, sincerely at least,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/and-the-problem-is-i-can-apologise-for-the-information-that-turned/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-threat-from-saddam-hussein-and-weapons-of-mass-destruction/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he \[Saddam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-view-we-took-at-the-time-and-we-take-it-now-is-that-the-war-was/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/conflict-is-not-inevitable-but-disarmament-is-everyone-now-accepts/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [ What we also know is we haven't found them \[weapons of mass destruction\] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/what-we-also-know-is-we-haven-t-found-them-weapons-of-mass/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [The evidence about Saddam having actual biological and chemical weapons, as opposed to the capability to develop them, has turned out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-evidence-about-saddam-having-actual-biological-and-chemical/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [I think we've, again, got to be extremely careful; otherwise we'll misunderstand what's going on in Iraq and in Syria today. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-we-ve-again-got-to-be-extremely-careful-otherwise-we-ll/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked. He is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/saddam-hussein-s-regime-is-despicable-he-is-developing-weapons-of/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [ It \[the intelligence service\] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/it-the-intelligence-service-concludes-that-iraq-has-chemical-and/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. But I have to accept, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-expected-i-expected-to-find-actual-usable-chemical-or-biological-2/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [I think all of our experience with (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-all-of-our-experience-with-iraqi-president-saddam-hussein/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [We are asked now seriously to accept that in the last few years-contrary to all history, contrary to all intelligence-Saddam decided unilaterally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-are-asked-now-seriously-to-accept-that-in-the-last-few-years/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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## Other authors on Saddam

## More by Tony Blair

> [I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-happen-to-think-it-s-the-politics-that-makes-you-electable-but-the/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-have-absolutely-no-doubt-at-all-that-we-will-find-evidence-of/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-mean-you-can-agree-or-disagree-with-iraq-or-afghanistan-but-by-the/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/my-dad-was-a-militant-atheist-or-is-a-militant-atheist-my-mum-was/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [Politics may be the art of the possible, but at least in life, give the impossible a go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/politics-may-be-the-art-of-the-possible-but-at-least-in-life-give-the/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [I also, as I think most people do, have a healthy instinct that if we upset the balance of nature, we are in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-also-as-i-think-most-people-do-have-a-healthy-instinct-that-if-we/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/it-is-not-a-sensible-or-intelligent-response-for-us-in-europe-to/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-am-absolutely-delighted-to-give-my-full-support-to-gordon-as-the/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/society-works-by-putting-opportunity-and-responsibility-together/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-great-advantage-of-the-lib-dems-is-precisely-that-no-one-knows/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/people-know-where-i-stand-in-the-labour-party-and-what-i-believe-in/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-only-society-that-works-today-is-also-one-founded-on-mutual/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/how-do-we-deal-with-not-just-the-acts-of-violence-but-the-extremist/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/the-public-think-the-politicians-don-t-know-or-care-about-their-lives/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

> [I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-think-it-s-important-for-people-like-me-to-evaluate-and-reevaluate/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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