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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 Hussein

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Saddam Hussein
Age: 69 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 28
Died: 2006
Died: December 30
Former President Of Iraq
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti
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Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner...Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests and exalted values.
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Ramadan makes you closer to God.
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Our children should be taught to beware of everything foreign and not to disclose any state or party secrets to foreigners... for foreigners are eyes for their countries, and some of them are counterrevolutionary instruments [in the hands of imperialism].
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Those who fight in God's cause will be victorious.
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I have been hit by the Americans and tortured. I have been beaten on every place of my body, and the signs are all over my body.
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Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.
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Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house.
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The faithful will be victorious over the sinners.
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la ilaha il-Allah, wa Muhammadu... (There is no god but God and Muhammed [is His prophet
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Historically, and since, 1520, eighteen Treaties have been concluded between the Persian State and its western neighbours regarding its relations therewith including the question of borders. On all occasions, the Persian State chose the opportunity to violate the said Treaties whether by word or deed.
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Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began.
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Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.
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Strike them and strike evil so that evil will be defeated.
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Our 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.
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Palestine is Arab and must be liberated from the river to the sea and all the Zionists who emigrated to the land of Palestine must leave.
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You Americans, you treat the Third World in the way an Iraqi peasant treats his new bride. Three days of honeymoon, and then it's off to the fields.
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We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer a defeat.
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Today you are standing in a position that would please the friend and would anger the enemy and all the infidels. You will be victorious against the enemies and you are causing them to suffer.
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After they underestimated you, you Iraqis, now they've come on land this attempt is our chance to incur losses on them
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The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.
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