Hearing Quote by Condoleezza Rice

Saddam Hussein is a threat, but the threat is not so great that we must be stampeded to provide such authority to this president…

— Robert Byrd

The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of his region,…

— William J. Clinton

I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein: 'You're a threat'. And the 9/11 attacks accentuated that threat, as…

— George W. Bush

We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He…

— Carl Levin

Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.

— Tony Blair

I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein, you're a threat. And the 9/11 attacks extenuated that threat, as…

— George W. Bush

[Saddam Hussein] is a threat because he is dealing with al-Qaeda. . . . A true threat facing our country is that an al-Qaeda-type…

— George W. Bush

The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with…

— John F. Kerry

There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons…

— Edward Kennedy

I said, going into Iraq, "We've got to take threats seriously before they full materialize." I saw a threat. I fully believe it was…

— George W. Bush

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

— John F. Kerry

Today, Iraq is an immediate danger to our nation. This time, we cannot wait. We cannot wait for Saddam Hussein to take a devastating…

— Richard Armitage