Saddam Hussein

Iraqi dictator

Contemporary influential 138 sayings

Sayings by Saddam Hussein

There will be no surrender.

2003 — Speech before the 2003 invasion.
Shocking Unverifiable

America will be defeated.

Early 2000s — Speech to Iraqi citizens.
Shocking Unverifiable

We will not bow down to anyone.

1990s — Speech in defiance of international pressure.
Shocking Unverifiable

The Ba'ath Party is the vanguard of the Arab nation.

1980s — Speech to Ba'ath Party members.
Shocking Unverifiable

We will resist until victory or martyrdom.

2003 — Speech during the 2003 invasion.
Shocking Unverifiable

I am the leader of all Arabs.

1990s — Statement reflecting his pan-Arab ambitions.
Shocking Unverifiable

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches) — Iraqi Information Ministry pamphlet "Saddam Hussein: Great Lessons, Commandments to Strugglers, the …
Philosophical Unverifiable

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.

Unknown — Statement
Philosophical Unverifiable

Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.

1979 — Statement/Speech
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Don't let he who thinks you despise him get close to you.

Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches) — Iraqi Information Ministry pamphlet "Saddam Hussein: Great Lessons, Commandments to Strugglers, the …
Philosophical Unverifiable

If you rule, rule in a fair way, and don't let your heart take part in the ruling, or let a criminal who cannot be rehabilitated escape punishment.

Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches) — Iraqi Information Ministry pamphlet "Saddam Hussein: Great Lessons, Commandments to Strugglers, the …
Philosophical Unverifiable

Don't treat your friend and your enemy equally even if you reconcile with the second. That way your enemy doesn't scorn you and your friend doesn't look down on the meaning of friendship and its rights.

Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches) — Iraqi Information Ministry pamphlet "Saddam Hussein: Great Lessons, Commandments to Strugglers, the …
Philosophical Unverifiable

Don't provoke a snake unless you have the intention and power to cut off its head.

Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches) — Iraqi Information Ministry pamphlet "Saddam Hussein: Great Lessons, Commandments to Strugglers, the …
Philosophical Unverifiable

Keep your eyes on your enemy and be faster than him.

Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches) — Iraqi Information Ministry pamphlet "Saddam Hussein: Great Lessons, Commandments to Strugglers, the …
Philosophical Unverifiable

Don’t make decisions in anger or humiliate an enemy after defeating him.

Unknown — Statement
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Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house.

Unknown — Statement
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If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to controlling oil.

Unknown — Statement
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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.

Unknown — Statement
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I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking.

2006 — Message to supporters
Philosophical Unverifiable

Strike them and strike evil so that evil will be defeated.

2003 — Speech on State-run Iraqi Television
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