Saddam Hussein — "I am ready to negotiate, but not to surrender."

"Our principles are not just national or pan-Arab, but they are humane principles. We believe in humanity. We believe that the world must seek to find opportunities for peace, not opportunities for war…"

"Let us be patient. What is destined will reach us, and what is not destined will not reach us."

"Egypt without the Arabs becomes a communist (country) because you (the Americans) cannot feed the Egyptians and your companies, anyhow, seek profit ... You cannot feed the poor but, the Arabs can make…"

"The west need someone to tell the man who walks around with the biggest stick in the world, that that stick can`t bring down God`s house."

"We have never been afraid of death. We are not afraid of death."