We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.

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.

The future hovered in front of her, and she rode Cruise towards it, her hands steady on the reins and her head among the clouds.

Don’t we have to live a little first? And read later?

I'm not the healthiest, but I am healthy. I'm healthy to the point where there are things that I have to eat that I don't want to eat, but I eat it because I'm enjoying staying alive.

If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.

The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on.

The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the importance of government in allocating wealth and opportunity.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.

Some people say that beauty is a curse. It may be true, but I'm sure I should not have at all minded being cursed a little.

I've got to go. That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation.

I'm a very circumspect and prudent person, and I eliminate danger as far as it can be done.