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> [The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a recorder in their pocket or there may be bugs in the walls, and you cannot be absolutely sure that you get a straight testimony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/the-country-is-not-a-democratic-state-therefore-we-fear-that-they/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

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## More by Hans Blix

> [But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/but-i-would-say-if-the-security-council-is-only-relevant-if-it-agrees/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps a single individual who was able to make anthrax,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/if-you-take-the-biological-weapons-in-the-united-states-we-still-will/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a recorder in their pocket or there may be bugs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/the-country-is-not-a-democratic-state-therefore-we-fear-that-they/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [We have not found any smoking guns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/we-have-not-found-any-smoking-guns/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [Never humiliate anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/never-humiliate-anyone/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [Unlike South Africa, which decided on its own to eliminate its nuclear weapons and welcomed inspection as a means of creating confidence in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/unlike-south-africa-which-decided-on-its-own-to-eliminate-its-nuclear/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [It's true the Iraqis misbehaved and had no credibility but that doesn't necessarily mean that they were in the wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/it-s-true-the-iraqis-misbehaved-and-had-no-credibility-but-that-doesn/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/you-never-get-quite-down-to-the-bottom-of-the-barrel-but-we-are-much/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/the-u-n-is-much-more-than-the-case-of-iraq/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media. Not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/i-have-my-detractors-in-washington-there-are-bastards-who-spread/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [To me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war...I'm more worried about global warming than I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/to-me-the-question-of-the-environment-is-more-ominous-than-that-of/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/what-surprises-me-what-amazes-me-is-that-it-seems-the-military-people/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/on-big-issues-like-war-in-iraq-but-in-many-other-issues-they-simply/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/it-was-to-do-with-information-management-the-intention-was-to/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

> [The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/the-iraqis-are-not-threatened-by-the-turks-or-by-the-iranians-or-by/)

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