All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.

It is the American air protection, which safeguards the freedom enjoyed by the Kurdish region. It guarantees the cultural, health and civilizational progress made in Iraqi Kurdistan.

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.