It is the American air protection, which safeguards the freedom enjoyed by the Kurdish region. It guarantees the cultural, health and civilizational progress made in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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.

In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.

A gracious soul is kind hearted.

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.

I am all about switching between genres and doing as much as possible.

In an infinite universe, every point in space-time is the center.

The problem with the future is that it is different, if you are unable to think differently, the future will always arrive as a surprise.

Why would you let [the TV audiences] build a habit of going to the cable networks? So I think they've obviously smartened up now, and they're not giving the summer to cable anymore.

I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and all sorts of different sources.

I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

I've always thought that one of the the great thing about physics is that you can add more digits to any number and see what happens and nobody can stop you.