The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.

I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people.

We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.

The possibility of a war under the current circumstances is not far-fetched and there is some evidence for that.

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.

We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule.

We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties.

I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.

When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States.

When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran.

Warmblood now a bloodborne death, Will rob your body of it's breathMark your skin and seal your fate The Underland becomes a plate

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever.

They are saying that if life has a structure, a staff, a sensible scaffold, we hang our nonsense on it. And they are saying that broken parts add color and music to the staff of life.

Don't be anything you don't want to be, always be yourself.

Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.

The young never take anything seriously if it sounds simple.

It's weird how time can change something you thought would always stay the same.

We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.

If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being in Mississippi. In Hattiesburg.

[Jerome David] Salinger was really taken to the cleaners by nasty critics in his day. I think Joan Didion was one of the people who attacked him in a very unfair way.