Abd al-Karim Qasim Quotes

Iraqi Army brigadier, nationalist and first prime minister of Iraq after the fall of the monarchy

Abd al-Karim Qasim (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was the Prime Minister of Iraq from 1958 to 1963.

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Alternative Names: Abd al-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli Al-Qaraghuli al-Zubaidi • Kassem, Abdul Karim • Abd al-Karim Qasim Mohammed Bakr Al-Qaraghuli Al-Zubaidi

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All of you now what the situation was before the Revolution. All of you know of the regime which we have exterminated. It was that regime which was mercilessly destroying all the sincere people who stood in its way in the course of the struggle for God, for the people and for the homeland.

The freedom of an individual merges in the freedom of all and serves the freedom of all.

Brothers! The days have gone when the workers and the toilers used to suffer bitterly. We protect all of the them. And I am under the protection. All of us are under the protection of the people, we work for the people and derive strength from them.

We do not wish to become subordinate to any power. We will be friends with the powers of the world. We will be sincere friends to the powers that are sincere in their intentions and their friendship to us.

I don't want to be the joke of the world, and I don't want to be thought of as another Hitler swallowing up people.

We are not against parties nor are we against the loyal groups, we are always with them, helping them across the ocean of this life. We do not like that the trends and leanings of these parties should get into the ranks of the Army under any circumstances. The reason for this, brothers, is to preserve the unity of the Army and make it always ready to serve the people and the freedom of the people.