President George W. Bush, in response to a question posed by a member of the press: “Well, an attack from Saddam Hussein or a surrogate of Saddam Hussein would cripple our economy. My biggest job and most important job is to protect the security of the American people, and I am going to do that. And I had made the case and will continue to make the case that Saddam Hussein — a Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is a threat to the security of the American people.”
– George W. Bush, “President Discusses Iraq and North Korea with Reporters,” George W. Bush – White House Archives online, Accessed on 7/14/2016