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We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
Abdoulaye Wade
Wish
Young
Live
Ensure
Feel
African
Which
Century
I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
Abdurrahman Wahid
Follower
Am
Gandhi
I don't talk in ifs.
Abdurrahman Wahid
Talk
Ifs
I do not like violence.
Abdurrahman Wahid
Like
Violence
All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
Abdurrahman Wahid
Religion
Value
Islam
Too
Others
Value Systems
Systems
Muslims
Fail
Towards
Knowing
Understand
Which
Lenient
Teaches
Tolerated
Grasp
Many
Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
Abdurrahman Wahid
Culture
First
Important
Islam
Kinds
About
Between
Institution
Most
Most Important Thing
Well
First One
Important Thing
The Most Important
Differentiate
Thing
Second
Two
For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.
Aeschines
You
Strong
Will
Men
Be Strong
Lawless
Laws
Only
Shall
Attempts
Cherish
Revolutionary
Then
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
Life
Work
Terrorism
People
Holding
Release
Those
Must
Civilian
Civilian Casualties
Casualties
Hostage
Hostages
Firmly
Dealt
Terrorists
Issue
Loss
Very
Hard
Avoid
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
Justice
Respect
People
Money
Accountability
Community
Those
Demand
Fair
Call
Return
Iraq
Iraqi
Iraqi People
Stole
Who
International
International Community
Resolutions
Position
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
To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.
Ahmed Chalabi
People
Country
Delegation
Like
Economy
Iraq
Handle
Authority
Choice
Requires
Services
Competent
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
The issue of what my role in the - in persuading the Bush administration to go to war has been greatly exaggerated.
Ahmed Chalabi
War
Has-Been
Administration
Exaggerated
Issue
Go
Been
Greatly
Role
Bush
Bush Administration
Persuading
All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
Ahmed Chalabi
Terrorism
Country
Rebuild
Defeat
Iraqis
Unite
There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.
Akhmad Kadyrov
You
Enemy
Strong
Rule
Put
Supposed
Suppress
Up
Wants
Resistance
Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya.
Akhmad Kadyrov
World
Own
Live
Criminals
Could
Perfectly
Chechnya
Countries
Over
Well
Coming
Were
Did
Place
I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.
Akhmad Kadyrov
Family
Age
Easily
Religious
Could
Read
Up
Very
Five
Grew
I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.
Akhmad Kadyrov
Time
State
Say
Security
Structures
Institutions
Most
Make
Always
Region
Regional
Elections
Even
Including
Peaceful
Hardest
Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.
Akhmad Kadyrov
Military
Troops
Chechnya
Withdrawn
Were
One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya.
Akhmad Kadyrov
Work
Organization
Positions
State
Negotiations
Administrative
Civilized
Points
Develop
Chechnya
Years
Conduct
Decades
Stand
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