266 Quotes by Jalal Talabani

I expected that one day when Iraq becomes a country where citizens are equal that a Kurd would be a president, and why not?

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

We think that PKK committed a big mistake when they resumed the war against Turkish government.... We think that the time is for all people to choose political and peaceful methods of struggle. We don't think that what they are doing is in the interests of the Kurdish people either in Turkey or in Iraq.

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

I explained to the United States officials here that the Iraqi opposition, Kurds included ... have tens of thousands of armed people,

We want a prime minister who can gather all the political blocs around him, so that the government would be one of national unity.

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

For those who call for an immediate pull-out of American troops, we say that we honor the sacrifices the United States has made,

We have decided to support the draft and agreed to some changes which we think necessary for the country's ties with the Arab League, as Iraq is a founding member in the AL,