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

We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what they call occupation, and criminal gangs that came from outside and wants to wage a deadly war on the Iraqi people, killing women and children in mosques and churches.

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

The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

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

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