Saddam Hussein Quotes

Quotebunny has 11 quotations by Saddam Hussein.

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

“Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates.”

“I am not guilty, I am innocent.”

“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.”

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.”

Saddam Hussein

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

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

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“We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought.”

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“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.”

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“Who are you and what are you?... I need to know.”

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

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Bio:

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: ???? ???? ??? ?????? ???????? ?add?m ?usayn ?Abd al-Maj?d al-Tikr?t? A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power.

As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and at a time when many groups were considered capable of overthrowing the government, Saddam created security forces through which he tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces. In the early 1970s, Saddam spearheaded Iraq's nationalization of the Western-owned Iraq Petroleum Company, which had long held a monopoly on the country's oil. Through the 1970s, Saddam cemented his authority over the apparatuses of government as Iraq's economy grew at a rapid pace.

As president, Saddam maintained power during the Iran–Iraq War of 1980 through 1988, and throughout the Persian Gulf War of 1991. During these conflicts, Saddam suppressed several movements, particularly Shi'a and Kurdish movements seeking to overthrow the government or gain independence, respectively. Whereas some Arabs venerated him for his aggressive stance against foreign intervention and for his support for the Palestinians, other Arabs and Western leaders vilified him as the force behind both a deadly attack on northern Iraq in 1988 and, two years later, an invasion of Kuwait to the south.

By 2003, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush perceived that Saddam remained sufficiently relevant and dangerous to be overthrown. In March of that year, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq, eventually deposing Saddam. Captured by U.S. forces on 13 December 2003, Saddam was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U.S.-led forces. On 5 November 2006, he was convicted of charges related to the 1982 killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites convicted of planning an assassination attempt against him, and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam was executed on 30 December 2006.