Philosophical Sayings

Your decision to defend your homeland, your honour and your religion was made before this decisive battle even began, and today, by the will of God the Great, your sacrifices will be honoured.

I say, as I have said before, we are not waiting for victory, because it is in our hands... This is God's promise to the believers, and it is our right to achieve this victory.

Iraq faced hate with love, weakness with strength, despair with hope, cowardice with courage, dishonour and treachery with honour and loyalty and truth of the honourable stand.

The Iraqis loved their people, their civilization and their glorious history. They loved their nation and its great principles a love surpassed by none before. And because they were born free, they loved the right of every nation in humanity to be fr…

Can anyone who is faithful and zealous for his people and nation be excused when he does not rise against the injustice of the foreigner and the injustice of the unjust, and does not force and help himself to get rid of the weakness inside his soul?

On this side of the encounter were the people of civilizations, the cradle of prophethood, the torch of Allah's messages and the anvil on which all hammers broke.

I am not guilty, I am innocent.

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 like to call a spade a spade in politics and in everything else.

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests.

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell.

Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory!

I am not afraid to die for what I believe in. I will die a free man.

My weapon is my voice, and I will use it to defend my people.

I am a man of peace, but I will not hesitate to defend my country with force if necessary.

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.

I am convinced that the [Israel-Palestine] solution is to establish a democratic state for the Jews and the Palestinians, a state that will be called Palestine, Isratine, or whatever they want. This is the fundamental solution, or else the Jews will …

[Abraham] Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain similarities between him and me.

Irrespective of the conflict with America, it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people and be with them at these horrifying and awesome events which are bound to awaken human conscience.