Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates.
Saddam HusseinThe Iraqi people are capable of fighting to the victorious end which God wants... the blood of our martyrs will burn you!
Saddam HusseinWe are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought.
Saddam HusseinI know that there are scores of people plotting to kill me, and this is not difficult to understand. After all, did we not seize power by plotting against our predecessors? However, I am far cleverer than they are. I know they are conspiring to kill me long before they actually start planning to do it. This enables me to get them before they have the faintest chance of striking at me.
Saddam Hussein