"I am not going to answer to this so-called court, out of respect for the truth and the will of the Iraqi people. I've said what I've said, and I'm not guilty."

"I have been a revolutionary all my life. I will die a revolutionary."

"I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking."

"If one says he is perfect, he is saying he is like God."

"I am ready to negotiate, but not to surrender."