266 Quotes by Jalal Talabani

Slaying terrorism, and the extremist nationalism and perversion of religion that breeds it, will require our greatest effort, both as Iraqis and as new members of the alliance of democracies.

You and your (Kurdish) brothers are the heroes of liberating Iraq,

The Kurdish people want American presence, not only as deterrent against possible Iraqi attacks but also because there are terrorist organizations such as the Ansar Al-Islam and others, which constitute a danger to the Kurdish people.

The Kurdish Coalition will not take part in the coming government unless the Iraqi List takes part in it.

We have more than 100,000 (Kurdish resistance fighters), and Syria also has tens of thousands. These forces can liberate Iraq with the support of the United States, with cooperation and coordination with American forces.

I'm grateful to you for coming, ... I'm here to listen to your demands. I agree with all of them. I will do my best.

We've done our best to dispel Ankara's concerns over Kurdish independence movements.

I hope this is the beginning of a new kind of cooperation among all Iraqis,

We need to ignore some petty or nonessential or marginal issues in order to achieve national unity for Iraq, including the unity of the opposition.