Iraqi - Politician | November 12, 1933 -
Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.
Jalal Talabani
ThinkingRealityWishful Thinking
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.
IndependenceMeanAutonomyCould
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.
CourageSacrificeArmyYouFind
Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.
CompromiseConcessionNorEquivalent
Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.
JusticeVictimRightsIndividual
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.
PeopleWorldRightNationLike
Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.
SecurityMilitaryConfrontation
All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
TeacherUniversityWanted
As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.
PastDiversityCountryStriveShall
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
FightSurviveCannotGenerousUnless
Every human must take responsibility for his actions.
ResponsibilityHumanTakeMustEvery
I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.
FreedomThoughtStandPlaceWhere
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