Saddam Hussein

“ Therefore, Arab socialism and its practical implications concerning the policy of using public wealth and social interdependence and solidarity, is imperative not only for the aforementioned reasons and other reasons that we will mention later on, but rather in order to maintain the unity too. Hence, socialism is a means not only to create a new life in which love amongst the sons of the nation prevails, but a defensive means that makes the wall of unity a high wall which has no holes that could be used against it by its external and internal enemies. ”

“ Wealth, as such, together with trade, investment and depositing, has no safe place and an arena where it flourishes, without the Arab homeland in its entirety being open to it, without being supported by all the capabilities of the nation and without the grand Arab Unity, which plucks out egoism and fear from hearts, releases energies and capabilities in order to soar to their clear sky and future. ”

“ Therefore, it is essential for an Arab to feel that he is an Arab, not only in form or general name, but also in belongingness. He should realize that belongingness, to be genuine, should result in genuine awareness and obligation of one's duties towards his nation. When deep and genuine awareness arises, an Arab will find that Arab unity protects his true patriotism because the genuine national belongingness prepare a great depth for him which protects his wealth and keep it away from being spent on unnecessary expenditures. ”

“ The living wealth is what is planted and created by the will of the people in their knowledge and work, in the sphere of agriculture, industry and other fields, and where such will is at a level capable of defending wealth when it is threatened by foreign ambitions and their ferocious gale when it blows yellow to extirpate eyes before roots. ”

“ The basis of the social justice that we call for is to achieve interdependence and equality in opportunities on an objective basis. And the more capable element in achieving the essence of social justice, in economy and wealth, is the public wealth. In order to be able to achieve justice in the state of unity, the role of public wealth should be the role of an oar that maintains the balance of its splendid ship, in a manner that pleases the poor and the needy and to make them creative and able to influence according to their numbers. ”

“ Since Unity and its state are positive situation resulting from a glorious creation and as they are great representation of the legitimate history and aspirations of our nation to resume its national, humanitarian, spiritual and cultural role, keenness on unity requires, inter alias, that justice should prevail the society and that its sons should feel that they are all equal in opportunities and in the patronage provided by their state, as long as they are equal in their sacrifices, attitudes, actions and as the honorably shoulder their duties and obligations. ”

“ Hence, is it a paradox that some Arab states should consent or seek to become part of regional or international organizations in which a new flag flutters above their flags over which flies the US or other flag, as is now the fashion with the so-called GATT and subsequently the World Trade Organization... and find it strange that the will of the nation should fly over their will to strengthen and heighten it? ”

“ Justice has no meaning among the sons of one nation or one state, if it is only provided for in positive laws or if it is only understood according to its theoretical explanation in the heavenly laws and repeated in a peacock like way, but it must, if it is wanted to be serious, include an equal starting point towards the state potentialities and the opportunities of its sons in life, in education, teaching, health, culture and economy and related money and wealth. ”

“ The unity in which we believe, about which we talk and for which we call, is not a passive, inevitable integration of the Arab countries which eliminate their cherished and necessary characteristics, but rather it is a glorious and ample framework for interaction and great becoming which expresses the nation's capabilities, destiny and its looking for what is higher, superior and the best. ”

“ Now let us go back to the part of the strategic thinking of unity and socialism, and their effects on the life of the rich people of our nation, including the sons of our nation in the Arab Gulf. We remind here, before our decisive word, that everyone basically thinks within the limits of his responsibility. Therefore, the blacksmith, for example, will be engaged in the normal conditions of his daily life and work that make him, generally, skillful in the field of his work and profession. ”

“ Its practical part protects Unity and kindles the feeling of unified responsibility towards it and towards the society as we mentioned before.
According to our concept, socialism, basically, is not based on taking the increase in the ownership of other people, it is not merely a distribution of the existing wealth, but it basically rests on justice and wealth creation and development. Therefore its basic duty is to stop any condition that may infringe upon the principle of equality among the sons of one nation. ”

“ If the state of that society does not solve that conflict, the disadvantaged people and the people of virtue will find themselves, under the pressure of spiritual and moral considerations, and under the feeling of responsibility within the framework of terms and conditions of the holy solidarity, looking for a solution of this flagrant discrepancy between entitlement and non-entitlement, between the legitimate opportunity and the illegitimate one, and consequently between right and wrong. ”

“ On the arena of the Arab nation, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arab Gulf, and its great capabilities, its economy flourishes in order to be in various bright colors, all of which serving the supreme interest, to the greater firmness and solidarity of Arab unity. ”

“ Disparity in income exists among large families descending from one grandfather, or even from one father. It also exists in villages composed of people who belong to different families, and in small cities of one country or one state. This disparity has not been an obstacle, as long as it remains within its balanced framework, on the way of achieving the unity of one country and of the joint national work of its sons, even if there has been disparity in their incomes and the degrees of their development. ”

“ At all events, Arab unity is brought about by the solid will and the devoted endeavor, relying on God, of the national and nationalist Arab leaderships, with the capable support of the crusading and conscious masses, or comes about, even when the will of the rulers hesitates on the path of its achievement, through imposing the will of the conscious masses, under the leadership of their crusading revolutionary vanguards in the name of the people and the nation. ”

“ For these reasons and for other more important reasons on which a principled and moral position has been already taken, since an Arab is obliged to correct the deviation and to be a good example to be followed by humanity, not a bad one, his society, especially the society of unity which is a society of highness and not a society of falling into the abyss, should be prevailed by equitable rights and duties. ”

“ While unity provides its parties with protection, equalizes an individual to other individuals and a country to other countries regardless of (its large or small size) , and provides all parties with a chance to enjoy the depth and merits of the large size, deep and ancient history, immortal and abundant heritage and high status, all are required, everyone from his position and according to his characteristics, to provide the Unity with what he should submit. ”

“ In order to be a true Arab believing in the objectives of the nation, such as Arab unity, which are essential for its strength and strong building, has an Arab to look upon this matter in a premature and shortened way on the basis of the neutral, naive and incapable question: What can he gain materialistically or economically from that belongingness just now? ”

“ Justice among the sons of one nation in its semi-absolute meaning, that is to say equality, can be achieved only by ensuring that all stand on one horizontal starting point and in one equal array when they proceed forward seeking opportunities. ”

“ Definitely, the case will be different when he is part of a state whose area and territorial waters extend from the Atlantic shores to the Arab Gulf where two hundred millions of Arabs live in. A clever scientist in physics, chemistry or atom remains just a draft science in a small state and the see of a scientist may die inside him in underdeveloped state which does not work actively in an area of responsibility which provides his science with an opportunity to be examined and prosper, for his spirit to shine and be high. ”

“ If the Arab Gulf States and Emirates, for example, consider how many concessions and chances they lost, in terms of their essential national interests and considerations or of their resources from the emergence of Khomeini revolution to the scenario of involving the Arab Gulf States and Emirates into the aggression against Iraq under well-known pretexts, including the blackmail policy pursued by the big powers under various pretexts, they will realize how great it is for the part to be in the depth of what is more comprehensive. ”

“ However, with the capabilities of the impetus of principles and the impetus provided by the stage of rise, the doors for the future are widely and firmly opened. The present and future of Iraq, which are measured by its will and faith, are more secured and bright than other cases which do not believe in the importance of Arab Unity and do not work for it. ”

“ And the farmer will mainly engage in his farm within the limits that life provided him with, the same thing is done by a train driver, an electronic engineer and a mathematics or physics scientist, unless they have joined political movements, so their thinking will take another trend, but when the mathematics or physics scientists are secondary school teachers their thinking will be limited to a specific level, and when they work in an atomic field and carry out their duties on both patriot and national levels, they think within a specific area with a different feeling of responsibility. ”

“ The existence of a common way taken by national or nationalist gathering, despite disparity in ownership or the level of development, has been a well-known case long ago since man has known the idea of possession and ownership in the course of human development. Thus, disparity in income, and subsequently in the forms, volumes and areas of ownership is something existing in all societies, including modern Iraq, that have been established on a base of development which involves a reasonable extent of constancy. ”

“ If the revolution will not be their desired solution, when they fail to find a solution through the existing constitutional institutions, their thinking, behavior and attitudes will be passive. They may not take care, or a large segment of them, of external and internal security of their society and its state nor of its progress, backwardness, pride, dignity or the deterioration of its status and weight. ”

“ The good sons of the nation will develop the experiments of Unity in a manner that makes those experiments as better as possible in comparison to the existing state of division and to another rejected state which sees the possibility of collecting the Arab countries mechanically in a manner that keeps every passive and positive thing as it is. ”

“ Since the state of Unity, as we said, is a process of creation which should, rather must give birth to a positive entity, it will be a great psychological and ideological loss if things within it turn to be passive things. ”

“ We also want to increase the intensity of awareness and farsightedness of the majority which believes in Unity, so that the losses of Unity from within will be as less as possible, even if the sacrifices made by all on the way of achieving Unity and protecting it, are generous and great sacrifices. ”

“ On this basis, the person who is in charge of lower responsibility generally thinks within the scope of that responsibility, while that who is in charge of higher responsibility often thinks within the limits of his responsibility. ”

“ There is a difference between relying on unguaranteed present which is unpromising in its developments and outcome, and being a part of a situation in which one ensures being a genuine part of its past in a manner that ensures the present and future. ”

“ The rules of measurement, which correct the deviation that may happen at the expense of others after the starting point, should be semi-absolute in their equity as well. Except for the abovementioned case, the gathering can change its march from walking in array into walking in line without illegitimate exploitation or oppression. ”

“ The Arabs may agree, within the framework of their Unity, to establish different economic systems, but those systems will not contradict each other in terms of the objective and outcome. They will supplement each other by their steps and actions. ”