Hans Blix

“We were not finding anything, and we were covering more and more ground.”

“But the inspectors were not given the time to complete their task.”

“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”

“We are not here to inspect the declarations of Iraq; we are here to inspect the sites of Iraq.”

“I have my misgivings about the way that this was handled.”

“We need to be clear and candid and say we are not going to be able to do this job if we are not given the access.”

“The international community has a right to be assured that Iraq is without weapons of mass destruction.”

“I think that the Security Council should be the primary body for the maintenance of international peace and security.”

“To me the question of the origin of life is the great big question.”

“The world has to be more careful about the use of force.”

“The world has had a lot of experience with colonialism.”

“There is a saying that 'to err is human.' But the media is not a human being. It is a system.”

“We have to be very careful that we are not putting our own spin on it.”

“Disarmament is not an event, it's a process.”

“I'm not in the business of passing judgment on politicians.”

“The credibility of the U.S. is not what it was.”