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

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

To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army. Until we have this we cannot change the regime.

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

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

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

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.