The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.
Jalal Talabani

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.
Jalal Talabani

All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
Jalal Talabani

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.
Jalal Talabani

Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.
Jalal Talabani

We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.
Jalal Talabani

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
Jalal Talabani