266 Quotes by Jalal Talabani

I don't think that Kurds will abandon their aim of establishing an independent Kurdish state.

Those who think terrorism in Iraq is the result of the presence of multinational forces are wrong,

We reached agreement today for parliament to open on March 16.

We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base for our common struggle.

We honor the sacrifices the United States has made.

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

There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators.

Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

Lose in Iraq and then all of the gains that democrats and dissidents have made across a vast swathe of the Islamic world, not just the Middle East, will be lost,