Jalal Talabani Quotes
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Jalal Talabani Quotes & Sayings
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The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.
— Jalal Talabani
Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.
— Jalal Talabani
Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq.
— Jalal Talabani
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
— Jalal Talabani
Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.
— Jalal Talabani
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
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
Every human must take responsibility for his actions.
— Jalal Talabani
Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.
— Jalal Talabani
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
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
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
Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.
— Jalal Talabani
This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination.
— Jalal Talabani
Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.
— Jalal Talabani
I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East.
— Jalal Talabani
I voted 'yes' and I urge all Iraqis, no matter their different ethnicities and religions ... to vote 'yes' to the constitution
— Jalal Talabani
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.
— Jalal Talabani
We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.
— Jalal Talabani
We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.
— Jalal Talabani
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.
— Jalal Talabani
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
Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.
— Jalal Talabani
Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.
— Jalal Talabani
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
Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.
— Jalal Talabani
All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
— Jalal Talabani
A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.
— Jalal Talabani
I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.
— Jalal Talabani
