The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

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

All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

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

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

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