We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
AKBAR GANJIWe must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by.
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I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
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There’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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