Quotes of Saddam Hussein

"God is on our side, and Satan is on the side of the United States."

"Allah is on our side. That is why we will beat the aggressor"

"Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapons."

"We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought."

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

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

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

"Keep people's secrets and don't tell them to others or use them against them."

"Long live the people, long live the nation, down with the invaders, God is great, God is great." Saddam HusseinReacting to his death by hanging sentence for crimes against humanity, November 2006

"I ask you, being an Iraqi person, that if you reach a verdict of death, execution, remember that I am a military man and should be killed by firing squad and not by hanging as a common criminal." Saddam HusseinAt his trial for genocide and crimes atgainst humanity, July 2006

"I am ready to die. I am not scared of execution. I do not attend this trial to spare my life. I attend it to defend Iraq." Saddam HusseinIn Interview with his lawyer Bushra Khalil while on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity

"I didn't have time to write poetry before, but now I have had the time to become a poet." Saddam HusseinConfiding to lawyer Bushra Khalil while on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity that he had written a new epic work

"My spirit is still standing firm and will not fall,And in my body runs the blood of the great.Oh Iraq you are crowned in the heartAnd on the tongue you are the poem of the poets.Oh Iraq misfortune has shaken your sword, so stand tallAnd gather your strength without bearing a grudge." Saddam HusseinA sample of his poetry

"My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq, and I want to negotiate."
Saddam HusseinTo US troops who captured him in a hole in the ground in near Tikrit

"Victory will be ours soon. Iraqis will strike the necks as God has commanded you."
Saddam Hussein Speaking to his troops as American and coalition troops declare war on Iraq

"We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons."

"When the enemy starts a large-scale battle, he must realize that the battle between us will be open wherever there is sky, land and water in the entire world. ... There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Well, give us time and the necessary means, and we will produce any weapon they want, and then we will invite them to come and destroy them."

"Yours is a society which cannot accept 10,000 dead in one battle."

These are a bunch of quotes from saddam hussein and they are all very powerful as we get to see what type of person saddam was. But most of the quotes point towards the fact that he was a brave man who never backed down from any sort of fight. This however may have been a reason which led to his downfall.

ATHAR....