Confidence Quote by Zalmay Khalilzad

On Jan. 30, millions of Iraqis will cast ballots in the country's first fair and free election in decades, marking continued progress in Iraq's…

— Jim Gerlach

Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years.

— John M. McHugh

While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter…

— Paul Bremer

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

— Tom Stoppard

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has…

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Organizing free and fair elections is more important than the result itself

— Fatos Nano

Elections have been free and fair with full participation of the people, reinforcing that the ballot is mightier than the bullet.

— Anurag Thakur

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

— Anonymous

Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

— Fatos Nano

The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given…

— John Ensign

The election in Iraq clearly demonstrates that Iraqi people are like people everywhere. They desire to create a future in an environment that is…

— John Ensign

The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have…

— Jim Talent