The work which is done here and the help which is extended to our brothers are our aims. Take our sister Algeria which is struggling against oppressi… - Abd al-Karim Qasim

Iraq strives to safeguard the interests of her sons within the framework of true national unity and the general interests of its brothers within the Arab framework. I ask you, are there any frontiers of a foreign country between us and Syria? Is there any foreign country between us and Syria? Where is it? Are there any frontiers of a foreign country between Egypt and Sudan, or between Egypt and Libya? All are the frontiers of our brothers.

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.

No doubt, I am proud of the people. I am from the people and I am the son of the people. I will work for the sake of the people. I will sacrifice my life for the liberty of this people and safeguarding, protecting and preserving it from all evils.