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 HusseinDon't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.
Saddam HusseinOur relations with Iran have witnessed grave crises because of the policies of successive regimes in Iran which have considered Iraq and the Arab homeland, particularly the Arab Gulf area, as a sphere for domination and influence.
Saddam HusseinWe have never said that the fight against the Iranian aggression and against the expansionist Persian tendencies (which have been demonstrated by various means under successive regimes in Iran) is the decisive battle for the Arabs. What we have said, and still say, is that the fight against Zionism is the main decisive battle for the Arabs. This is a great objective reality, which cannot be denied or underestimated except by someone who would not only harm the Arab nation and its main causes, but would also overlook the main danger.
Saddam Hussein