We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change… — Jalal Talabani Able Copy Share Image
As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied… — Jalal Talabani Country Copy Share Image
Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq. — Jalal Talabani Freedom Copy Share Image
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world. — Jalal Talabani Determination Copy Share Image
Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests. — Jalal Talabani Inspirational Copy Share Image
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight. — Jalal Talabani Democracies Copy Share Image
Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different. — Jalal Talabani Different Copy Share Image
Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats. — Jalal Talabani Alternatives Copy Share Image
We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base… — Jalal Talabani Breathe Copy Share Image
I must tell you that I am committed, as the president of Iraq, to benchmarks and to do our best to achieve… — Jalal Talabani Achieve Copy Share Image
Talabani and Al-Maliki want to keep their seats for ever. Talabani forgets that the side which brought him to power was the… — Jalal Talabani Als Copy Share Image
The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the… — Jalal Talabani Be encouraged Copy Share Image
We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving… — Jalal Talabani Action Copy Share Image
I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey… — Jalal Talabani Circumstances Copy Share Image
No for the return of Saddam's Baath party. This is against the constitution and those who are negotiating to bring them back… — Jalal Talabani Constitution Copy Share Image
To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army.… — Jalal Talabani Army Copy Share Image
We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what… — Jalal Talabani Believe Copy Share Image
The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past. — Jalal Talabani Causes Copy Share Image
Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it. — Jalal Talabani American people Copy Share Image
We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that. — Jalal Talabani All kinds Copy Share Image
We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq. — Jalal Talabani Assembly Copy Share Image
A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States. — Jalal Talabani Burden Copy Share Image
There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators. — Jalal Talabani Funny Copy Share Image
The brutal regime of the dictator fell, the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were… — Jalal Talabani Brutal Copy Share Image
I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East. — Jalal Talabani Believe Copy Share Image
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. — Jalal Talabani Autonomy Copy Share Image
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale. — Jalal Talabani Army Copy Share Image
I voted 'yes' and I urge all Iraqis, no matter their different ethnicities and religions ... to vote 'yes' to the constitution — Jalal Talabani Constitution Copy Share Image
I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized. — Jalal Talabani Expression Copy Share Image
Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries. — Jalal Talabani Absence Copy Share Image
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy. — Jalal Talabani Accommodations Copy Share Image
Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as… — Jalal Talabani Constitution Copy Share Image
Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession. — Jalal Talabani Capitulation Copy Share Image
The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it. — Jalal Talabani Contrary Copy Share Image
It is the American air protection, which safeguards the freedom enjoyed by the Kurdish region. It guarantees the cultural, health and civilizational… — Jalal Talabani Air Copy Share Image
Under extremely difficult circumstances (Iraq) pursues the inherently complicated task of rebuilding the country. Yet Iraq continues, courageously, to reach for the… — Jalal Talabani Circumstances Copy Share Image
This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination. — Jalal Talabani Among Copy Share Image
