"We are profiting from the unrest. It is a historical chance for us. We have a right and are making use of it. We do n…"

"We, as the Kurdish Freedom Movement, … reject classical models like federalism, con-federalism, self-government, and …"

"Russia has recently been very vocal about the vicious crimes against us, but the US and Europe have not even condemne…"

"I do not know … why American officials are not willing to meet with us. … We have never had any animosity against Ame…"

"Until now, PYD members were jailed, captured and many of them killed by torture. If [the Assad government] calls for …"

"We are not a small people; 15% of the population are Kurds. As you know, we can protect ourselves even from the regim…"

"Within one half-hour, we can stop all Kurdish forces and they will obey this, but for those groups [i.e. armed factio…"

"Drawing and dying for borders is a European illness from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."

"The [democratic Syrian] federalism we talk about is not a geographical line. Maybe tomorrow it's going to be expanded…"

"There are some who hold up the slogan: the fall of the regime. In contrast we demand the fall of the oppressive autho…"