Hussein: "Although my regime is bloody, people will feel happy due to the economic growth."

Hussein: "Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended."

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

Hussein: "[I am] just, but benevolent. [I] love my people and my nation. I am straightforward, and I don't double-cross or deceive."

Hussein: "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."

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

Hussein: "The framework [I] follow is that [when I] need a minister, I will not appoint someone I don't know. ... It is my responsibility, my minister, so I should know him."

hussein: "I am neither a hypocrite nor a weakling."

Hussein: "I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution."

Hussein: "If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate."