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The worker and the employer are now brothers who cannot be separated one from the other. The days of exploitation of the whole for the benefit of the individual have gone. The worker and the employer are now brothers, working side by side in harmony and solidarity for the people and the immortal Iraqi Republic.

— Abd al-Karim Qasim Principles of the 14th July Revolution (1959)

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The freedom of an individual merges in the freedom of all and serves the freedom of all.

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I had previously announced that I am above trends and leanings, above party politics and political parties. This is because I strive for the people as a whole to serve them.

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