Howard Dean Quotes

I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.

I do not believe, given her past decisions and comments on the reasons to go to war in Iraq, that Dr. Rice will be able to represent the United States without a predetermined bias from the war.

Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.

By invading Iraq, the President has undermined the War on Terrorism.

I make no apologies for us wanting to do this [bombing Iraq and Syria] appropriately and in a way that is consistent with American values.

Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.

Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.

Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam.

I was against the war in Iraq.The record shows that I'm right. When I did an interview with Howard Stern.

I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein. And when the president made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.

I agree with Pres. Barack Obama, Iraqis need a political solution. No war in Iraq!

We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.

I am deeply skeptical of re-entering into Iraq's civil war.

Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.

Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.

One of the enduring mysteries of America's occupation of Iraq is why a nation that so little relishes peacekeeping nonetheless refuses to turn the job over to the United Nations.

If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.

To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.

At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.

We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops.

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

I believe that sooner or later we're going to have to deal with Saddam Hussein, because of his general reputation, because of what I'm convinced he's done with regard to terrorism and the support thereof. But I'm not at all sure I believe that it has to be right now.

I think Tony Blair has to come down on one side or the other. You can't be a half-hearted supporter of the possible attack on Iraq. You're either with George Bush or you're against him.

In 2005, I was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation calling for an immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq.