Jalal Talabani Quotes

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.
Jalal Talabani

Reality, Thinking, Another

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

Justice, Cannot, Rights

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

Courage, Sacrifice, Find

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

All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
Jalal Talabani

Teacher, Wanted, University

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

Fight, Cannot, Unless

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.
Jalal Talabani

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

Past, Country, Often

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

Compromise, Nor, Concession

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.
Jalal Talabani

Freedom, Thought, Place

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.
Jalal Talabani

Different, Iraq, Foreign

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

Security, Military, Current

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

Democracy, Violence, Door

Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.
Jalal Talabani

Gratitude, American, Express

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

Struggle, Help, Country

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.
Jalal Talabani

Through, Rather, State

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.
Jalal Talabani

Mean, Autonomy, Federal

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

Past, Justice, Cause

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.
Jalal Talabani

Against, Welcome, Protection

This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination.
Jalal Talabani

Among, Iraq, Ethnic

We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.
Jalal Talabani

Future, National, Decide

We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.
Jalal Talabani

Freedom, Fight, Personal

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Biography

Nationality: Iraqi

Type: Politician

Born: November 12, 1933

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