“I thought an interesting comment was made when somebody said to me, I heard somebody say, where's Mandela? Well, Mandela is dead, because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas.”

— George W. Bush

White House Press Conference http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070920-2.html (September 20, 2007) <br class="br"> Video http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/09/20/gwb-saddam-killed-mandelas/ <br class="br">2000s, 2007

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