266 Quotes by Jalal Talabani

There is not a need for a huge number of American forces, but I think there will be a need for two or three small bases for frightening others not to intervene in our international affairs,

The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.

We have a country which we can say is unique in the Middle East.

I did not say that the British troops will pull out because I am not the commander-in-chief of the British military,

Talabani and Al-Maliki want to keep their seats for ever. Talabani forgets that the side which brought him to power was the United States and it brought him by rigging the elections.

We have accepted the amendments which we think necessary for the Islamic and Arab world,

I am here to further develop the history-honored relations between the two countries. I also come to thank the Iranian government and nation for their sincere help to Iraq,

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

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