Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

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

Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.

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

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

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.