Scott Ritter Quotes

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.

I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic.

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

My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.

That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans.

One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.

I'd like to think that the best bunker buster is a diplomat.

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

The United States is the laughingstock of the world.

I can generate attention quickly.

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

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn.

I was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. I was the only one who was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history.

We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause.

I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?

History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their imposed Iraqi collaborationist government.

Iraq has a tremendous amount of history.

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.

The U.S. has perverted the U.N. weapons process by using it as a tool to justify military actions, falsely so. ... The U.S. was using the inspection process as a trigger for war.

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

The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.

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

It has been estimated that 80 percent of the oil illegally smuggled out of Iraq under oil for food ended up in the United States.

The only way an Iraqi biological agent would kill you is if it landed on your head.

Iraq has not been disarmed 100 percent [but] in terms of what they [Iraqis] have accomplished there are no meaningful weapons or weapons production capability in Iraq today.

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

War is not some sort of Nintendo video game.