Douglas Feith

“People who were opposed to the war are eager to claim that it was based on lies.”

“I don't do quagmires.”

“The idea that the UN Security Council is the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force is a mockery of the UN Charter.”

“We are dealing with a country that has a history of mass murder and is now focusing on developing weapons of mass murder.”

“Intelligence is not a science. It's an art.”

“Saddam Hussein's regime is a menace that is gathering strength and must be confronted.”

“The problem in the intelligence community is not that they're trying to cook the books, it's that they are not connecting the dots.”

“I think that the information that we had was that there was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda.”

“We don't need the world's permission to defend ourselves.”

“The idea that we could have a transition to a stable democratic Iraq in a few months was always a fantasy.”

“We were not making the case that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat to the United States.”

“It is not an option to allow a terrorist-sponsoring state to possess weapons of mass destruction.”

“There was a lot of debate about whether the U.S. should invade Iraq. I was on the side of invading Iraq.”

“It's not a matter of trying to see the world through rose-colored glasses. It's a matter of seeing the world as it is.”

“I think the word 'neoconservative' has been abused to the point where it's a meaningless epithet.”