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

"We are not weak, and because of the war, we did not want our position to be taken as a sign of weakness, that we were begging. At the appropriate time we will tell the Americans, 'Come.'"

"Iraq will be the graveyard of the invaders."

"I am a man of destiny."

"We will not surrender. We will fight to the last drop of blood."