Ayad Allawi quotes:

I am no proponent of a theocracy. I am a secularist. I want an independent Iraqi government, not a lackey of Tehran.

We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America.

Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money.

I see it as my duty to take a stand for the Iraqi people, for democracy, freedom and reconciliation.

We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.

I'm a doctor and a politician. Weapons are foreign to me.

Iraq has slipped enough toward dangerous paths that may endanger the country if we don't realize that the solution ... lies is the concept of national unity