Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 11

• Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

  Dick Cheney

  Wmds In Iraq, Doubt, Use

  Address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, delivered 26 August 2002, Nashville, Tennessee

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• States like these [Iran, Iraq, North Korae], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.

  George W. Bush

  Mean, Iraq, Axes

  First (Official) Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 29 January 2002

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• The death toll from small arms dwarfs that of all other weapons systems — and in most years greatly exceeds the toll of the atomic bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In terms of the carnage they cause, small arms, indeed, could well be described as 'weapons of mass destruction'.

  Kofi Annan

  Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Years, Bombs

  Kofi Atta Annan, United Nations. Dept. of Public Information (2000). “"Wir die Völker" : die Rolle der Vereinten Nationen im 21. Jahrhundert ; [ein neues Jahrhundert - neue Herausforderungen]”, p.52, United Nations Publications

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• Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement

  Barbara Boxer

  War, Commitment, Wmd

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• Ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. That was the whole idea, right? That‘s why we went. I am reluctant to let that fact disappear down the memory hole, because if — as the war ends, or at least starts to end — if, at this time, the history of the war is written as us going there to topple the regime of a bad man when that frankly isn‘t why were told that we were going there — Aren‘t we still at risk of making this horrific mistake again? And, aren‘t we letting the people who foisted the WMD idea on us, not many years ago, aren‘t we sort of letting them get away with it?

  Rachel Maddow

  Memories, War, Mistake

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", February 27, 2009.

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• There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.

  Edward Kennedy

  Wmd, Tyrants, Iraq

  "Ted Kennedy Lays Out Case Against War With Iraq". www.cnn.com. September 27, 2002.

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• At another location, we found barrels of chemical material that was intended for use as biochemical weapons. Everyone talks about there being no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but they seem to be referring to completed nuclear bombs, not the many deadly chemical weapons or precursors that Saddam had stockpiled.

  Chris Kyle

  Iraq, Nuclear, Use

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• Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once. There is every reason to believe that they will try again - possibly with a weapon of mass destruction; a weapon that could be smuggled into our ports.

  Mike Fitzpatrick

  Believe, Trying, Weapons

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• Our nuclear free status is a statement of our belief that we and our fellow human beings can build the institutions which will one day allow us all to renounce the weapons of mass destruction. We are a small country and what we can do is limited. But in this as in every other great issue, we have to start somewhere.

  David Lange

  Country, Issues, One Day

  David Lange's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2003.

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• The single biggest threat that we face is a nuclear weapon or some weapon of mass destruction. What that means is that we have to be extraordinarily aggressive and vigilant in controlling nuclear proliferation.

  Barack Obama

  Mean, Nuclear, Weapons

  Barack Obama during debate with Republican former Ambassador Alan Keyes, www.keyesarchives.com. October 12, 2004.

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• The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.

  Paddy Ashdown

  Mean, Destiny, Enemy

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• The Second Wave Society is industrial and based on mass production, mass distribution, mass consumption, mass education, mass media, mass recreation, mass entertainment, and weapons of mass destruction. You combine those things with standardization, centralization, concentration, and synchronization, and you wind up with a style of organization we call bureaucracy.

  Alvin Toffler

  Wind, Organization, Media

  "Future Speak". Interview with Scott S. Smith, www.entrepreneur.com. March 1, 1999.

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• Well, I think finding the weapons of mass destruction is going to be quite time consuming. I know we've uncovered some documents, we'll have to exploit them, and we're going to have to blanket a country the size of California and search, I think, quite rigorously, but we'll come up with them.

  Richard Armitage

  Country, Thinking, California

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• We are at war to liberate Iraq, to protect the people of the United States and other countries from the devastating impact of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists or the Iraqi government to kill thousands of innocent civilians.

  Paul Cellucci

  Country, War, Impact

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• The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be able to accomplish that.

  Richard Armitage

  Iran, Would Be, Development

  "Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 14, 2003.

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• In our view, derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction carrying dangers that, while latent, are potentially lethal.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Views, Weapons

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• Well, what I've said is that the war in Iraq will always be clouded by how it began, which was a wrong premise, that there were in fact no weapons of nuclear - weapons of mass destruction.

  Robert M. Gates

  War, Iraq, Weapons

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• As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a new movement to abolish nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. From here will come the demand for sustainable communities, for new systems of energy, transportation and commerce. From here comes the future rushing in on us. How does one acquire the capacity for active citizenship? The opportunities exist every day...Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Spiritual, Opportunity, Rushing

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• Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable.

  James Nachtwey

  Animal, People, Fields

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• The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of life. It is clear that Iran is cynically manipulating gullible (or equally cynical) Europeans to advance its development of weapons of mass destruction.

  John Bolton

  Iran, Cynical, Development

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• Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

  John Bolton

  Struggle, Half, Weapons

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• Not acting to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction is neither politically nor morally acceptable.

  Jose Maria Aznar

  Acting, World, Weapons

  "Bush, Blair, Spanish PM to Hold Emergency Iraq Summit in Azores" by James Rosen, www.foxnews.com. March 15, 2003.

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• With the exception of weapons of mass destruction, there is no other type of attack that is more effective than suicide terrorism. The perception is that it's impossible to guard against.

  Bruce Hoffman

  Suicide, Perception, Weapons

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• There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

  Charles Rangel

  September 11, Hussein, Weapons

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• 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.

  Scott Ritter

  Technology, White, Black

  "Fox News Interviews Scott Ritter". Interview with David Asman, www.foxnews.com. September 13, 2002.

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