Force Quote by John F. Kerry

I always said I would vote for a resolution that gave the president the leverage to go to the United Nations, and then come…

— Wesley Clark

I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor.…

— Bob Graham

I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

— Bruce Braley

I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because…

— John F. Kerry

I voted to send people to war.

— Paul Ryan

In 2013 I voted against military intervention in Syria.

— Crispin Blunt

I saw a threat in Saddam Hussein. Members of the United States Congress from both political parties saw that same threat. The United Nation's…

— George W. Bush

We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

My hope was that by saying clearly to Saddam Hussein, "we're going to enforce UN Resolutions," that he would make the decision to leave…

— George W. Bush

We must recognize that there is no indication that Saddam Hussein has any intention of relenting. So we have an obligation of enormous consequence,…

— John F. Kerry

I supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of…

— Bob Barr

In my judgment, based on the work that has been done to this point of the Iraq Survey Group, and in fact, that I…

— David Kay