Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

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

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