corpus · 101 on file

Quotes

Every verified statement attributed to a politician or party in the dataset. Each carries a year, the context, and at least one source citation. The same corpus drives the Who-said-it game and the "On the record" sections on entity pages.

  • I announce hereby my final retirement from political work.
    IQ flag Muqtada al-Sadr · 2022 Handwritten letter posted to social media at the height of the August 2022 Iraqi political standoff over forming a government after the October 2021 election. The letter prompted supporters to storm the Republican Palace within hours. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
  • Citizens who are able to bear arms and fight terrorists in defense of their country, their people, and their holy places must volunteer to join the security forces.
    إنّ على المواطنين القادرين على حمل السلاح وقتال الإرهابيين دفاعاً عن بلدهم وشعبهم ومقدّساتهم أن يتطوّعوا للانضمام إلى القوّات الأمنيّة.
    IQ flag Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani · 2014 Sistani's fatwa, delivered in Karbala on 13 June 2014, that mobilized the Hashd al-Sha'abi against ISIS — arguably the single most consequential sentence in 21st-century Iraqi politics. Sources: aljazeera.com Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
  • The great showdown has begun. The mother of all battles is upon us.
    لقد بدأت المواجهة الكبرى. أمّ المعارك قد قدمت.
    IQ flag Saddam Hussein · 1991 January 17 1991 broadcast hours after the start of Coalition air operations against Iraq following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait — the phrase that became shorthand for the Gulf War. Sources: nytimes.com · en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□

The verification bar for inclusion is the same one the Who-said-it game uses: only rows with verification_status other than unverified show up here — each quote carries at least one source citation and a review pass before it appears.