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22 quotes by Jalal Talabani

His Excellency Jalal Talabani 6th President of Iraq In office 7 April 2005 – 24 July 2014 Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Tariq Al-Hashimi Khodair al-Khozaei Preceded by Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Succeeded by Fuad Masum Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Incumbent Assumed office 1 April 1975 Preceded by Position established President of the Governing...
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Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

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Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

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A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

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The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

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My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

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Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

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As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

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Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

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All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

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Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

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Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

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The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

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Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

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