Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.
Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq. - Jalal Talabani
Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq.
- Jalal Talabani
Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another. - Jalal Talabani
Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world. - Jalal Talabani
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.
I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized. - Jalal Talabani
I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. - Jalal Talabani
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.
Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests. - Jalal Talabani
Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy. - Jalal Talabani
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
Every human must take responsibility for his actions. - Jalal Talabani
Every human must take responsibility for his actions.
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight. - Jalal Talabani
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
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