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Abdul Karim Qasim aussi appelé général Kasem, né en 1914 à Bagdad, mort le 9 février 1963, est Premier ministre de l'Irak à la fin des années 1950 et au début des années 1960. Wikipedia

✵ 21. novembre 1914 – 9. février 1963

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Abdel Karim Kassem: Citations en anglais

“Patience will benefit you in every hour, every time and every opportunity. It helps you to overcome your opponent, howsoever strong he may be. It will help you in times of distress and hardships, in battles and in war and peace.”

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The historical extempore speech at the Reserve Officers' College (1959)

“Brothers! We want from you more work. We want from you work and perfection. We want from you continuous work. Every day must be utilized to accumulate benefits for this homeland and this people.”

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Speech delivered in the gardens of the Shaab Hall (May 1, 1959).
Principles of the 14th July Revolution (1959)

“We cooperate with our brotherly Arab states… on the basis of the individual interests of those Arab states.”

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November 26, 1958, as quoted in Malik Mufti (1996), Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq.

“Brothers! I have the honour and I am proud to be in your ranks, and I pledge the Almighty that I will always struggle for the sake of peace. As for the forces of the Army which we have prepared, we prepared them to face those who attacks [sic] peace. We are a peaceful and a neutral state. We attack no one, but anyone who attacks us and starts aggression, we will stop him.”

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Speech delivered at the second congress of the peace partisans (April 14, 1959).
Principles of the 14th July Revolution (1959)

“The woman, your sister, has achieved victory. She will share with you, sooner or later, the responsibilities of administration. The peasant, likewise, has achieved victory, and so has the employer. Formerly, the employer used to fear for his life and for his property. Now, the employer and the worker are brothers working together in both prosperity and adversity to protect the gains of the Iraqi Republic. They work constantly not for any transient selfish interest but for the interest of the people.”

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Speech delivered in the gardens of the Shaab Hall (May 1, 1959).
Principles of the 14th July Revolution (1959)

“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.”

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As quoted in "Kassem's Corner", Time (July 21, 1961).