"Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates"
- Saddam Hussein
About this Quote
This quote by Saddam Hussein is a metaphor for the strength and durability of individuals of Baghdad. He is recommending that the city is so powerful and figured out that it can endure any attack from outside forces, even those as effective as the Mongols of his time. He is suggesting that the city is so strong that it can force its enemies to give up or perhaps dedicate suicide rather than deal with the effects of assaulting it. This quote is a testament to the strength of the people of Baghdad and their capability to protect their city versus any risk. It is likewise a cautioning to any possible enemies that Baghdad is not to be ignored which any attack against it will be consulted with strong resistance.
This quote is written / told by Saddam Hussein between April 28, 1937 and December 30, 2006. He was a famous Criminal from Iraq.
The author also have 14 other quotes.
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"I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it"
"As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide"
