What we also know is we haven't found them [weapons of mass destruction] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete its work and give us the report... They will not report that there was no threat from Saddam, I don't believe.

If people in the end think that you can't do something in a way which is acceptable then it won't fly. The only way you get anything like this done is if people think, 'I understand why it is being done.'

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

We in a sense went for the Bernie Sanders model OK? Now we're also in turmoil as a result of this result.

It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own Shia population; and that he is actively trying to acquire nuclear weapons capability.

Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.

One of the most important things in politics is you've got to keep your mind infinitely curious and alive to what is happening differently.