Facts about Hamid Karzai

"They're criminals, they brutalized Afghanistan, they killed our people, they destroyed our land"

"The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people"

"The capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the bad ones, to the guilty ones, to the sinful ones that they cannot run forever. Sooner or later, the other criminals will also be found from their hideouts"

"As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan"

"Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well"

"The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time"

"Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them"

"Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation"

"Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of criminals, killers, used unfortunately by certain governments in the past for political purposes, who are on their own now as gangs"

"Life without Liberty is far worse than death"

"Where liberty dies, evil grows"

"I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being"