Jalal Talabani

"No for the return of Saddam's Baath party. This is against the constitution and those who are negotiating to bring them back are violating the constitution."

"This is a historic visit full of love and brotherhood that sends the message that Iraq and Iran are now having the best relationship."

"Some Shi'ites are asking that Islam be the only source of laws, which means turning Iraq into an Islamic regime, and that is unacceptable. We accept that the religion of Iraq is Islam, and we must res…"

"Saddam was the creation of outsiders. He was created, strengthened, and kept by international force. He is like a man on a tree and the tree will be cut: he will fall down. The formation of a new fron…"

"I am very, very sorry for the lives lost in Iraq. I think it was a very noble job that your army and your people did in Iraq."

"Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq."

"...under extremely difficult circumstances pursues the inherently complicated task of rebuilding the country. Yet Iraq continues, courageously, to reach for the promise of a democratic, federal and pl…"

"I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we surviv…"