We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.

If it does not serve the Iraqi people, there are only political means that must be followed to reform the government - a new government that we must give a chance to prove that it is there to serve the people.

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.

Everybody knows what [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein should be doing, and if he isn't doing it and shows no indication he's doing it, I think we can present a strong enough argument for the second resolution that we put down,

Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.