Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

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.

They feel life is for the taking, and that everyone deserves happiness no matter what the cost. I must remember these tricks if I ever decide to have my soul surgically removed.

Man does not ask for nightmares, he does not ask to be bad. He does not will his own willfulness.

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.

I like working with the public, I like working with food, and I like making cash.

Learn to commend thy daily acts to God, so shall the dry every-day duties of common life be steps to heaven, and lift they heart hither.

We would be glad to have your friend come here to study, but tell him that we teach Chemistry here and not Agricultural Chemistry, nor any other special kind of chemistry. ... We teach Chemistry.

Over a very small number of rolls of the dice, the uncertainty principle is very important.

Marriage is an an inherently contradictory state. It involves the fusion of two people into one thing. And it's also love, and it's a lot of work, and it's got glory in its drudgery.

the suppression of war is not the equivalent of peace.

to teach without zest is a crime.