Yes, I was beaten on every part of my body, and the marks are still on my body.

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.

Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.

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.

Nothing worse than Kurds in your milk. General, make sure i never see another Kurd again.

Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house.

You Americans, you treat the Third World in the way an Iraqi peasant treats his new bride. Three days of honeymoon, and then it's off to the fields.

The United States must get a taste of its own poison.

Don?t make decisions in anger or humiliate an enemy after defeating him.

The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.

Roses have thorns, ’ we whine. When thorns of life entwine. Simple things can bring solace to heart-Things everyone take for granted-Like tending beds of fragile roses-with heart full of scars

The limits of your imagination create the boundaries of your world.

It is not that practice makes perfect but that practice is perfect, combining effort with an openness to grace.

I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.

The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave.

After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds of exemption from attendance are sickness and death.

In politics, as in every other sphere of life, there are two important principles for a man of any sense: don't cherish too many illusions, and never stop believing that every little bit helps.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

What an embarrassment that was, being somewhere because there was nowhere else for you to be.

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.