Determination Quote by Jalal Talabani

Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel…

— Les Aspin

Deep down, the Iraqi people want the United States out. And their self-determination should be respected.

— Peter Camejo

Popular sovereignty has to be given by a people to itself, and this is the important meaning of self-determination.

— Judith Butler

The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their own state,…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

Attempts by one ethnic group to exercise sovereignty over another are not fair. It doesn't matter if that ethnicity is Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic, Chaldean…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The Kurds know that they won't achieve their own state by force of arms but through international recognition. And they have certainly heard what…

— Ahmed Chalabi

If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“We used to be brothers and sisters here. Kurdish, did not know he was. Turkmenians, Germans, they all existed here but never were proud…

— Orhan Pamuk

Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes…

— Jasper Fforde

I am not saying that the Kurds are angels, but they have suffered too much. These people have a right to live in their…

— Mano Khalil

If one does not wish to take the word of journalists, human rights groups, and the United Nations that Iraq conducted a deliberate campaign…

— Timothy Noah

The Kurds will not be allowed to have an independent country because Turkey wouldn't stand for it; they have their own Kurdish population.

— Molly Ivins