We are grateful to God.
— Muqtada al Sadr
Anyone supported by the United States is cursed by us.
I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.
God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam.
The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence.
What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this?
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.
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.
Just because we're rid of Saddam and the evil Batthists doesn't mean the occupation is a good thing. Our salvation from Saddam was only with the grace of God.
I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.
We don't kill Iraqis - our hands do not kill Iraqis. But we target only the occupier with all the means of resistance.
The U.S.-led forces have the money, weapons and huge numbers, but these things are not going to weaken our will because God is with us.
Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.
Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.
Whatever struggle happened between brothers, let us forget about it and turn the page forever and live united.
We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom.
Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.
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.
I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.
The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.
The small Satan left and the great Satan came.
I repeat my demand that the occupier leave the land of our beloved Iraq unconditionally, without retaining bases or signing agreements.
Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.
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?
I fear only God, all praises to Him.
The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.
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.
Let the whole world hear that we reject America. No, no to the occupier.
Help me by whatever you are pleased to do in your provinces.
Our main goal as Iraqi people is to drive the occupation out in any way.
We continue to resist the occupier militarily, culturally and by all means of the resistance.
We have not forgotten the occupier. We remain a resistance.
The resistance will be exclusively conducted by only one group. This new group will be defined soon by me.
Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.
When I die, don't let my death stop the resistance.
Anyone who seeks to be involved in politics should join hands with America.
The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam.
If the American military begins to withdrawal, there will be no need for these armed groups.
I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.
No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer all kinds of torture, murder, expulsion, displacement, bombing and terrorism by different lethal prohibited weapons and then come and speak as the savior of the people or a defender of their rights.
America has shown its evil intentions, and the proud Iraqi people cannot accept it. They must defend their rights by any means they see fit.
The Americans were never interested in what was best for the Shiites.
Do not betray the people.
The resistance does not mean that everyone can carry a weapon. The weapon is only for the people of the weapons.
We are still fighters.
I beg you not to resort to demonstrations, for they have become nothing but burned paper.
If it does not serve the Iraqi people, there are only political means that must be followed to reform the government - a new government that we must give a chance to prove that it is there to serve the people.
We do not kill an Iraqi.
May God preserve you and watch over you.
I have a red line against the Americans.