Political Quotes

“No, they're all--the ones we've talked to are all solid and got on this thing the minute they saw the declaration coming out of Baghdad, pronounced it--it was an initiative--pronounced it dead on arrival because there wasn't anything new or significant. There was just some more conditions including asking the American taxpayer to pay for damage in Iraq. It's the other way around--there--reparation sanctions are called for under the United Nations. Reparations for Iraq--undoes the damage that it's done to its neighbors. I don't know how you repay for the loss of human life in Kuwait, the brutality, the 15-to-20-year-old Kuwaitis just this last week. You can't make amends for that. But this was a cruel ploy. And the world saw it as such, including the coalition, which is just as solid today as it's ever been. Now, I've got to get on and learn something more about the Patriot. But thank you all very much. Note: The exchange began at 12:40 p.m. in the Andover Room of the assembly building at the Raytheon Missile Systems plant. In his remarks, President Bush referred to President Saddam Hussein of Iraq. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this exchange. Following the exchange, the President toured the plant facilities.”