Political Quotes

“One item after another to me presented a compelling argument that there is no question that Saddam Hussein, number one, is a bad guy; number two, has been developing these weapons of mass destruction. For two reasons, I think it is important that we just not let this slide. One, if Saddam Hussein starts thinking that we are not going to have military force to insist on his compliance with the United Nations' Resolution 1441, there is a greater likelihood that he is not going to destroy those weapons. If he thinks it is going to happen, that war is inevitable if he does not do something, if he does not start showing and destroying these weapons, then I think there is a good chance that he is either going to vacate and take his roughly $1.5 billion with him to another country, or he is going to give up those weapons in order to continue as the leader of that country that has great economic potential. Nobody should doubt, Mr. Speaker, that if there was not, in effect, a gun to Saddam Hussein's head, and the President being tough on this issue, there would not be inspectors in there and there would not be a United Nations Security Council debating where we go to insist that Iraq give up those weapons.”