I voted 'yes' and I urge all Iraqis, no matter their different ethnicities and religions ... to vote 'yes' to the constitution

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.

Intellectual capacity is a precondition for becoming a man of knowledge.

It's the things you do that you don't have to do that always determine the difference when it is too late to do anything about it.

Why are you lying to me? I'm so tired of people lying to me. Do I not deserve the truth? Do I look like someone who can't handle it?

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.

Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.