Bremer Quotes

You know, the country is basically peaceful. - Paul Bremer

You know there is a certain distortion that gets into the American political debate every four years. We begin to think that everything that happens in the world is in fact dedicated to our elections. - Paul Bremer

While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them. - Paul Bremer

When the new wave of terrorism came on the modern world, which is the late 1960s, early 1970s, I think we spent about a decade, the United States and our allies, trying to figure out how to deal with it. - Paul Bremer

We've thrown out Saddam and Saddam, dead or alive, is finished in Iraq. - Paul Bremer

Well, you have to remember that, at least until Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism was not the sole organizing principle of American foreign policy. - Paul Bremer

We try very quickly to show that we are not at war with the Iraqi people. We're trying to deal with the people who are indeed themselves at war with the Iraqi people. - Paul Bremer

We saw this coming, in a general sense; certainly not the actual way it was done. - Paul Bremer

We need experienced Iraqi commanders who can lead troops. Listen, I've always told you that I opposed disbanding the army. - Paul Bremer