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Jalal Talabani [1933-0] Iraqi

Rank: 105
Politician, Former President of Iraq

Jalal Talabani is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth President of Iraq from 2005 to 2014. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq, although Abdul Karim Qasim was of partial Kurdish heritage.

Courage, Independence, Teacher

Quote	Tags	Rank
Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.		101
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.		102
All I wanted was to be a university teacher.	Teacher	103
Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.		104
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.	Independence	105
The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.		106
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.	Courage	107
Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.		108
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.		109
This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination.		110
As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.		111
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.		112
Every human must take responsibility for his actions.		113
I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.		114
Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.		115
Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.		116
Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.		117
The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.		118
We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.		119
We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.		120
Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.		121
Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.		122

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