Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilized world and will be confronted.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

They seek weapons of mass destruction, but we're seeking them. We're fighting them -- and one by one, we're bringing them to justice,

By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger, ... They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.

Well, I'm obviously disappointed. I thought there were — I thought we'd find weapons of mass destruction, as did the world...On the other hand, I believe we made the right decision because Saddam Hussein was not only a tyrant, but he was a threat to world peace. He had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction. Even though we hadn't found the weapons themselves, we certainly know he (had) the capacity.