Quotes from Saddam Hussein

Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.

By God, we will make the fire eat up half of Isreal if it tries to do anything against Iraq.

la ilaha il-Allah, wa Muhammadu... (There is no god but God and Muhammed [is His prophet

There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is God's messenger.

Victory will be ours soon, Iraqis will strike the necks as God has commanded you.

Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapon.

We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons.

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution.

Everybody must realize that this battle will be the mother of all battles, and that God wanted us to wage the battle of liberating the nation and humanity, the battle of liberating Jerusalem and the holy shrines on the land of Iraq.

Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.

The west need someone to tell the man who walks around with the biggest stick in the world, that that stick can`t bring down God`s house.

Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house.

Based on the considerations of history, ancient history, and international axioms, the logic of following up a citizen with his shadow for the purpose of the demarcation of political frontiers of any state has been discounted for international conventions. For example the Arabs cannot ask Spain just because they were there some time in the past nor can they ask for any other area outside the frontiers of the Arab homeland

I just didn't believe Bush.

In short, we want an independent, liberated and socialist Iraq. Furthermore, we want Iraq to play a vanguard role in the area, particularly in the Arab homeland. We want Iraq to play a pioneering role in consolidating the anti-imperialist line of policy on the international level.

The victory of the Revolution's will and yours over the stooge pocket is regarded as a victory for the world revolution everywhere, just as the victory of the revolutionaries in South East Asia was a victory of revolutionaries everywhere.

He who smelled the rifle is one, he who watched Rambo is another.

If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate.

I said I'm the president of Iraq... I did not say deposed.

You know me... If you are Iraqi, you know me.

There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.

I am not going to answer to this so-called court, out of respect for the truth and the will of the Iraqi people. I've said what I've said, and I'm not guilty.

Allah is on our side. That is why we will beat the aggressor.