All I wanted was to be a university teacher.

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

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

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

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

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

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

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

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

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

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

Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.

Amazing what more we can see looking back. But God didn't give us eyes in the back of our heads. Our eyes, like our feet, face forward, toward the future.

Not even generals can stop the rain.

I like the idea of Warrior Flitwick running to save the day by screaming, "Let's do some charm harm, my snitches!

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I wish I could pass my life at the foot of the holy tabernacles in which our adorable Saviour dwells.

The Bible's the greatest book ever written. But I sure don't need anybody I can buy for six bits and a chew of tobacco to explain it to me.

I'm always surprised when people say, "Oh, it got such mixed reviews." I guess I didn't read them.

Philosophy has a fine saying for everything.-For Death it has an entire set.

I quickly learned that motherhood was a high wire act sometimes performed without a net.