Quotes from Scott Ritter

Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement.

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.

My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.

I was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. I was the only one who was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn.

Iraq has a tremendous amount of history.

The only way an Iraqi biological agent would kill you is if it landed on your head.

If people don't like the history, I'm sorry.

That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans.

I made a movie to explain to the American public what had been achieved in regards to disarmament of Iraq and why inspectors aren't in Iraq today and detailing the very complex, murky history of interaction between Iraq, the United Nations and the United States. It is most definitely not a pro-Iraq movie. It is a pro-truth movie.

I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none.

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.

It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death and wounding of many American service members, and many more Iraqis.

I haven't exaggerated anything, I've stuck to the facts.

I have a credibility on the subject that most people don't.

My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.

War is not some sort of Nintendo video game.

War is not an academic exercise.