Haider al-Abadi Quotes

I want to highlight once again that when we talk about the fight against terrorism and the circles around it and when we talk about ensuring the safety and the peace of all, we are not talking about fantasies.

And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability.

We have won the war. Now we have to win the peace, and it may be more difficult.

I think, technically, we have won the war because people are going back into their neighbourhoods. Boko Haram as an organised fighting force - I assure you that we have dealt with them.

Defeat the Taliban. Secure the population.

Who did I fight? I fought terrorists. Who did I protect? I protected the whole of Russia so that people in Moscow or St. Petersburg... could live in peace.

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace.

The war against terrorism is one we must win.

I built Kosovo for 10 years.

We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.

We will bring justice to the savage terrorists known as Boko Haram. They will be defeated.

To many, peace is what enables development and is critical in providing opportunities to young people. To some - especially those from regions involved in conflict - peacekeeping and efforts to preserve peace are absolutely vital in bringing prosperity and hope for the future.

Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

The war on terror is a struggle that will last for generations.

Reconstruction requires security and security requires reconstruction.

Security and peace are not cheap.

Peace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence.

Our objective should be to firmly deal with terrorism and its sponsors, financiers, and arms suppliers. At the same time, our doors should always be open for processes which would restore peace, development, and progress to societies which have been devastated by terrorism over many generations.

Those are the two issues: Protecting the homeland and stopping the war and going after ISIS in a way that ends the terrorism.

We will prevent war, whatever it takes.

The fight against terror cannot stop as long as terrorism itself is not stopped, but the path of war must change: it must lead directly to terrorists and not be waged on the backs of three million Palestinians.