Hamid Karzai quotes

" Today, while celebrating the jihad victory, we once again invite those who have sided with aliens because of seduction against their nation, to give up sedition and evil and join peaceful life. " # Rebellion # Peace # Victory

" On my graduation there was a party by the junior students, and I was given a hair brush as a gift — if I take off my hat, you know what I mean. " # Education # Learning # Politicians and Politics

" When you see on the news or read in the newspaper that so many people were killed in places far away, do not let these numbers become mere abstractions to you. These are real people, like you and I. They are families, friends; they have pain, they have grief. " # Friends and Friendship # Books - Reading # Grief

" We must not turn away when we hear the cries of the hungry. We must not stand by when we see the killing and terrorizing of the innocent. We should not wait until hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of our fellow human beings have died as occurred in Afghanistan, before we act. " # World Affairs # Death and Dying # Change

" Every time we ignore the suffering of others or stand by and watch, we do not only act against our own interests but we violate a part of our humanity. " # Suffering # Ignorance # Time and Time Management

" Suffering in other parts of the world will continue to undermine your security and prosperity unless you seek to address it. " # Men and Women # Security # Suffering

" If you don't fight these terrorist here ,you will have to fight them in your capitals in Europe and America and where not. " # Capitalism # America # Politics

" Lets admit that today's terrorists are a mutation of our past mistakes. We must learn our lessons. We must learn that using and nurturing extremism as a tool of government policy has never yielded the betterment of any nation, and it never will. " # Change # Mistakes # Love

" We Afghans have the right to stand with full dignity and self-confidence in front of the people of the world and say that this immortal phoenix, this beloved Afghanistan, once again rose from the ashes of invasion and subjugation; we have the right to declare to all those who aspire the destruction of our soil, that this country will never vanquish. " # World Affairs # Success # Death and Dying

" Democracy as a system of government may indeed be unprecedented in Afghanistan, but democracy as a way of life, a set of principles and values, is deeply embedded in our society. " # Attitude # Democracy # Government