War is not an academic exercise.

War is about dead people.

My personal missteps – how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.

Sanctions aren’t about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

I’m someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I’m empowered with the truth, I’m not going to shut up.

If people don’t like the history, I’m sorry.

I haven’t exaggerated anything, I’ve stuck to the facts.

There has been no case made – based on anything other than speculation – that Iraq poses a threat.

I didn’t promote war when I was a weapons inspector.

We say that we care about the war, but we don’t even really know what we’re fighting for.