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Jalal Talabani quotes: The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq.

Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.

Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

Jalal Talabani quotes: The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.

The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.

Jalal Talabani quotes: We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.

We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

Jalal Talabani quotes: It was an agreement between (former Iraqi president) Saddam (Hussein) and the shah of Iran (ousted in 1979) and not between Iraq and Iran.

It was an agreement between (former Iraqi president) Saddam (Hussein) and the shah of Iran (ousted in 1979) and not between Iraq and Iran.

Jalal Talabani quotes: The brutal regime of the dictator fell ... the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.

The brutal regime of the dictator fell ... the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

Jalal Talabani quotes: This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination.

This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

Jalal Talabani quotes: I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East.

I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East.

Jalal Talabani quotes: I voted 'yes' and I urge all Iraqis, no matter their different ethnicities and religions ... to vote 'yes' to the constitution

I voted 'yes' and I urge all Iraqis, no matter their different ethnicities and religions ... to vote 'yes' to the constitution

Jalal Talabani quotes: There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators.

There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators.

Jalal Talabani quotes: The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

Jalal Talabani quotes: We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.

We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.

Jalal Talabani quotes: We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.

We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.

Jalal Talabani quotes: A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

Jalal Talabani quotes: As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.

Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

Jalal Talabani quotes: We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base for our common struggle.

We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base for our common struggle.

Jalal Talabani quotes: Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

Jalal Talabani quotes: All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

Jalal Talabani quotes: A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.

A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.

Jalal Talabani quotes: I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

Jalal Talabani quotes: The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

Jalal Talabani quotes: My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.