Consequence Quote by John F. Kerry

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's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must…

— Madeleine Albright

We cannot allow the defense of American lives to be held hostage by the United Nations -- which has already given Saddam Hussein a…

— Thomas Sowell

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

— Henry Waxman

As the president has said, if the United Nations will not disarm Saddam Hussein, it will be another international organization, a coalition of the…

— Ari Fleischer

It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he…

— Condoleezza Rice

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the…

— Condoleezza Rice

The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that…

— Colin Powell

If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

— George W. Bush

Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction

— Jack Straw

Imagine the consequences if Saddam fails to comply and we fail to act. Saddam will be emboldened, believing the international community has lost its…

— Sandy Berger

We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own. We should…

— Andy Rooney