143 quotes by iraqi authors for you to enjoy

If you stand for something you will have people for you and people against you. But if you stand for nothing you will have nobody for you and nobody against you. Maurice Saatchi

You People Will Nothing Stand For Something Something Nobody Against Stand

Corruption is a disease, and sometimes it's institutionalized. It takes years to remove it. But I want to remove it. Haider al-Abadi

Corruption Sometimes Remove Takes Institutionalized Years Disease Want

We respect the will of our citizens, whether they are Kurds or Arabs or Turkmen, but will not allow an illegal and unconstitutional procedure done under the threat of weapons to yield results. Haider al-Abadi

Respect Will Our Arabs Citizens Weapons Threat Results Allow Unconstitutional Kurds Yield Done Procedure Whether Illegal

Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere. Maurice Saatchi

Time Great Nature Musicians Creativity Human Nature Trends Everywhere Kind Touch Prevailing Directors Tendencies Writers Know Practiced How Amenable Human Artists Prediction Who Chord Actor Based Humans Startling

Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts? Muqtada al Sadr

Democracy People Dirty Feeble Leaders Leads Sheds Calls Blood Against Them Who Peaceful Away Bombs Resistance

We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen - prioritizing humanity, not war. Nadia Murad

Work War Future Women Humanity Better Consistently Must Minorities Only Better Future Make Make It Happen Persecuted Children Happen Imagine

I think the Shiites want a theocracy. Adnan Pachachi

Think Want Theocracy

If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country. Adnan Pachachi

War Trust People Result Political Will Country Fragmentation Security Security Forces Civil Civil War Forces Continue Dominated Them Then Groups Now

The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations. The fight against corruption is successful if you prevent corruption taking place in the first place. Ahmed Chalabi

You Fight Corruption First Prevent High-Profile Investigations Taking Bound First Place Arrest Place Against Successful

The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages. Ahmed Chalabi

I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money. Ahmed Chalabi

I don't think that they have many of the scientists who were involved in the weapons program to talk to at this time, and there were thousands of people, engineers and scientists, they know where the weapons are. Ahmed Chalabi

Time People Think Thousands Thousands Of People Weapons Know Involved Talk Scientists Were Where Engineers Who Many Program

It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism. Ahmed Chalabi

War People Will Totalitarianism National Believe Liberation Reject

And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now. Ahmed Chalabi

Democracy Grateful Women People Men Men And Women Young Dream Give Risking Iraq Iraqi Iraqi People American Young Men Who Now Lives Chance

Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible. Ahmed Chalabi

Will Possible Find Seek Make Them Elections Reason Why

I did more than anyone else in persuading the U.S. to get rid of Saddam. Ahmed Chalabi

Else More Saddam Than Get Did Anyone Anyone Else Persuading Rid

Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq. Ahmed Chalabi

Politics Government Sectarian Fails Votes Iraq Gets

You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt. The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt. Ahmed Chalabi

You Country Important Liberating States Percent Saddam Know Most Most Important Thing Reduce Important Thing Iraq Iraqi Debt Very American Did The Most Important Apart Worked Hard Helping United United States Thing

All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country. Ahmed Chalabi

Terrorism Country Rebuild Defeat Iraqis Unite

To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave. Dana Hussein

You Be Brave Live Circumstances Able Iraq Train Brave Need

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