Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another. Jalal Talabani More Quotes by Jalal Talabani More Quotes From Jalal Talabani Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it. Jalal Talabani gratitudemilitarypeople The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world. Jalal Talabani determinationselfpeople Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests. Jalal Talabani trustinterestlovers Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim. Jalal Talabani individualrightsjustice Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight. Jalal Talabani forgivingdemocracyfighting My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy. Jalal Talabani doorslovepeace As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference. Jalal Talabani iraqcountrypast I must tell you that I am committed, as the president of Iraq, to benchmarks and to do our best to achieve some progress forward for national reconciliation. Jalal Talabani progressiraqpresident The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people. Jalal Talabani voicegovernmentreal 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. Jalal Talabani warlyingchildren The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it. Jalal Talabani welcomeprotectionpeople I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances? Jalal Talabani iraqindependentwar Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible. Jalal Talabani strugglehelpingcountry The brutal regime of the dictator fell, the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny. Jalal Talabani dictatoriraqdarkness Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different. Jalal Talabani soiliraqdifferent I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized. Jalal Talabani freedom-of-expressionfreedom-of-thoughtexpression Every human must take responsibility for his actions. Jalal Talabani taking-responsibilityresponsibilityaction Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. Jalal Talabani determinationselfmean We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that. Jalal Talabani economicfightingkind I voted 'yes' and I urge all Iraqis, no matter their different ethnicities and religions ... to vote 'yes' to the constitution Jalal Talabani ethnicitydifferentmatter
