The brutal regime of the dictator fell, the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.

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.

I wish I could fly like that hawk, rising and falling with the still spaces in the air, far above all this sickness and death and evil.

They say that rape is the only crime in which the victim has to prove her innocence. And I want you to know, I believe in your innocence. You don’t have to prove anything to me.

I love Spanish cities, particularly Barcelona, Madrid and Palma, which has the most amazing cathedral that I once went to for a wedding.

I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.

The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.

There are many things a man will do, but betrayal for a price is not one of yours.

If you are required to kill someone today, on the promise of a political leader that someone else shall live in peace tomorrow, believe me, you are not only a double murderer, you are a suicide, too.

You can be a woman in charge of a production and still be generous and kind and insightful and decisive without being considered a butch in any way.

I learned that if a relationship is honest, it can last through anything despite all the challenges we have to face and everything that happens around us.

Respect is better procured by exacting than soliciting it.