Jalal Talabani Quotes (231 Quotes)

It is virtually impossible to demand the withdrawal of allied forces from Iraq. We will do so when the Iraqi army is established.

We have accepted the amendments which we think necessary for the Islamic and Arab world,

My two partners in the presidency, the government, the House, all of them are for sentencing Saddam Hussein to death before the court will decide.

We cannot have any laws not in keeping with the tenets of Islam and of democracy.

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

We hope that by the end of 2006, our security forces are up to the level of taking responsibility from many American troops, with complete agreement with Americans,

Time and again the U.S. has given the world its most precious resource in the cause of freedom, the lives of its most talented and courageous young men and women.

On the other hand , we as Iraqi Kurds, we envision our interests within a unified democratic Iraq, in which we contribute to the government in Baghdad.

I did not say that the British troops will pull out because I am not the commander-in-chief of the British military,

Saddam will have a very just and fair trial in Iraq, ... Now he is enjoying all kinds of freedom for a prisoner -- he has television, radio with him, books, he can write, he can read, he can contact everyone. But Saddam Hussein is a war criminal. He committed crimes against the Iraqi people, against our neighbors, against Iranians, against Kuwaitis. For that I think he will deserve to be presented to the court as a war criminal and when this is sentenced, the sentence must be respected.

We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what they call occupation, and criminal gangs that came from outside and wants to wage a deadly war on the Iraqi people, killing women and children in mosques and churches.

I am here to further develop the history-honored relations between the two countries. I also come to thank the Iranian government and nation for their sincere help to Iraq,

For me, I hope to continue to the end, my struggle and life, to see a democratic, federative, united, prosperous Iraq, that Iraqi people will live in peace and prosperity, and Iraq will use its huge wealth for the benefit of the Iraqi people.

I am not against it, it is a question of humanitarian rights,

No political decision to eliminate Saddam Hussein has been taken and the judiciary is independent.

We are finding new mass graves every day. Saddam Hussein committed a crime by using chemical weapons... He waged two wars on Iran and Kuwait. He murdered and executed hundreds and hundreds of Iraqis.

There is not a need for a huge number of American forces, but I think there will be a need for two or three small bases for frightening others not to intervene in our international affairs,

We have the right to be proud in saying that today was a day of national consensus, ... So congratulations to our people for their constitution.

but everybody had reservations. This is part of democracy. If the people do not approve it, we will draft another constitution.

Let me be frank, fighting the current Turkish government is an insult to the Kurdish people. This is a terrorist act. This is against the process of democracy in Turkey. This is only in the interest of the enemies of the Kurdish people

Iraq has regained its independence and held democratic elections for the first time in its history, in order to elect a National Iraqi committee.

Iraq is a sovereign independent nation that wont let other nations interfere in its internal affairs.

We seek foreign assistance to help us develop our security forces and to partner with us as we try to further sustainable economic growth in our shattered country.

First of all, I would like to state that the Kurdistan Democratic Party is an old party with great history, and so is the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

We still hope that by bilateral dialogue we see that we can solve this problem,

Some of our demands were met so the party has endorsed the constitution and is urging people to vote 'Yes',

As soon as possible, of course, we hope that American troops can proudly return home.

The Kurdish Coalition will not take part in the coming government unless the Iraqi List takes part in it.

playing a key role in bringing Iraq's diverse communities together to achieve a national compact in agreement among all Iraqis to shape their political future and to enshrine that national compact in a new constitution for the country.

The United States of America is not the lawyer of the Kurdish people, it is a big state, with its own policy, and it has its own national interest.

Our Sunni Arabs brothers made a big mistake when they boycotted the elections. But they are an important group and we cannot ignore them and therefore they must take part in the democratic process.

They are Iraqi and American forces, and they perform their mission, the mission of cleaning the area from terrorists.

We will call today for holding the meeting on the 12th of this month because it is the last day that the constitution allows us to hold the meeting of the new parliament.

We will set no timetable for withdrawal, Mr. President. A timetable will help the terrorists, will encourage them that they could defeat the superpower of the world and the Iraqi people,

We will in the future, we will search and we will find some kind of chemical weapons and biological weapons,

Problems of lack of security, electricity and water persist and I hope they will be areas of priority for the new government, which we hope will be one of national unity.

I think we will be able to be the model of democracy and prosperity in the Middle East,

Not a big number, ... Only the presence enough to prevent others from interfering in our internal affairs.

Huge efforts were exerted, and principal issues have been settled, but this crucial project needs closer examination, and therefore, more time,

We are not single people coming to power as individuals. We are representing huge forces of this country.

Slaying terrorism, and the extremist nationalism and perversion of religion that breeds it, will require our greatest effort, both as Iraqis and as new members of the alliance of democracies.

The war on terror requires diverse international help, not only for the sake of Iraq, but also for the sake of the whole world,

I recently met with an investigative judge responsible for interrogating (Saddam) and he brought me some good news. He said he'd been able to get him to make and sign important confessions,

This is going to unify the nation and the people to work against terrorism,

A timetable will help the terrorists, will encourage them that they could defeat a superpower of the world and Iraqi people, ... We don't want to do anything without the agreement with the Americans because we don't want to give any signal to the terrorists that our will to defeat them is weakened.

There is no real Arab empathy with the hundreds of women and children in Iraq killed on a daily basis at the hands of criminal terrorists who come from the Arab countries -- These criminals and executioners, who consider the Shiites -- who constitute the majority in Iraq -- to be infidels, and consider the Kurds - the second largest nationality in Iraq-to be traitors, are glorified by the Arab press.

The aspirations of Sunni Arabs should be met, ... the constitution is to serve everybody and not only one community of the Iraqi society.

selected by Iraq's Transitional National Assembly to lead the nation's democratically elected government in over 50 years.

We cannot wait for years and years of terrorist activity because we haven't enough government forces.

the common desire of Iraqi people and American people.