“We must recognize that there is no indication that Saddam Hussein has any intention of relenting. So we have an obligation of enormous consequence, an obligation to guarantee that Saddam Hussein cannot ignore the United Nations. He cannot be permitted to go unobserved and unimpeded toward his horrific objective of amassing a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.” NationsUnitedWeaponsMassConsequenceDestructionIntentionEnormousObligationObjectivesGuaranteesSaddamUnited NationsHusseinIndicationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionGuarantees ThatHorrific Author:John F. Kerry
“We believe, from everything we have been told by the intelligence community, by 12 years of history with Iraq, by the experience of the U.N. inspectors and by other intelligence agencies in other countries that Saddam Hussein had the intention to develop weapons of mass destruction and to have such weapons, and that was a sound judgment which I still believe to this day because he had had them in the past, he'd used them in the past.” YearsBelieveHas BeensStillsCountryPastUsedSoundCommunityJudgmentWeaponsMassDestructionIntentionIraqAgencyThis DayOther CountriesSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionI Still BelieveInspectorsIntelligence AgenciesIntelligence CommunitySound Judgment Author:Colin Powell
“The naive is what is or appears to be natural, individual, or classical to the point of irony or to the point of continuous alternation of self-creation and self-destruction. If it is only instinct, then it is childlike, childish, or silly; if it is only intention, it becomes affectation.” IfsSelfIndividualNaturalCreationDestructionIntentionInstinctSillyIronyNaiveSelf DestructionChildlike Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man's good intentions toward his fellow man.” MenLongRealSocialPowerfulGroupsDestructionFellowsIntentionInjusticeStabilityFellow ManGood Intentions Author:John Howard
“No matter how many pleasures Satan offers you, his ultimate intention is to ruin you. Your destruction is his highest priority.” MatterPleasureOffersHighestDestructionUltimateIntentionPrioritiesRuinsSatan Book:Getting to No: How to Break a Stubborn Habit Source: Getting to No: How to Break a Stubborn Habit
“I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.” MadeRegretWeaponsMassDestructionIntentionCapabilityPresentationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionI Regret Author:Colin Powell
“I said in October of 2008 that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or had the intention or capability of attacking the United States. Here we are. Almost 4,700 troops died, tens of thousands injured, over a million Iraqis dead. It will cost $5 trillion in the end for the war.” SaidWarEndsStatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesCostWeaponsMassDestructionDiedIntentionIraqProofCapabilityTroopsAttackingInjuredOctoberWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Dennis Kucinich
“The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.” FirstsSometimesEnoughSeemsCausesUnderstandingSoundResultsKindnessPathDestructionIntentionHarmParadoxGood IntentionsInsidiousKnowledge WisdomBest IntentionsForethought Author:Terry Goodkind
“Nuclear terrorism is still often treated as science fiction. I wish it were. But unfortunately we live in a world of excess hazardous materials and abundant technological know-how, in which some terrorists clearly state their intention to inflict catastrophic casualties. Were such an attack to occur, it would not only cause widespread death and destruction, but would stagger the world economy... [creating] a second death toll throughout the developing world.” KnowsWorldStillsStatesWishCausesFictionKnow HowEconomyMaterialsCreatingDestructionScience FictionIntentionTerrorismNuclearTerroristTreatedDevelopingExcessTechnologicalCasualtiesTollsWorld EconomyNuclear Terrorism Author:Kofi Annan
“On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction. In our judgment, it was much more fundamental. It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems. ... I think, frankly, that everybody knew the post-war situation was probably going to be more difficult than the war itself. Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.” ThinkingWarProcessDifficultSituationInfluenceEventsPositionParticularDegreesFindingsJudgmentWeaponsMassDestructionFundamentalsRemainsIntentionPostsRelatedCanadaAlliesRegimesJustificationHostileWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionReconstructionPost War Author:Stephen Harper
“If you divide the world into them and us, and history into ours and theirs, or if you think of history as something only you and your affiliates possess, then no matter what you know, no matter how noble your intentions, you have taken one step toward the destruction of the world.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldMatterPeaceStepsTakenDestructionNo Matter WhatIntentionNobleDivides Author:Robert Bringhurst