Muqtada al Sadr

“I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.”

“Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.”

“I have a red line against the Americans.”

“Let the whole world hear that we reject America. No, no to the occupier.”

“We are grateful to God.”

“The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam.”

“If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.”

“For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.”

“I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled.”

“We do not kill an Iraqi.”

“The small Satan left and the great Satan came.”

“Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts?”

“The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence.”

“When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support.”

“We have not forgotten the occupier. We remain a resistance.”

“Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.”

“We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom.”

“I fear only God, all praises to Him.”

“Obama has no power to change American policy because there are people who specialize in drawing these policies, which have been and still are hostile towards Islam.”

“Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete.”