I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
AKBAR GANJIReligion is separate from the institution of the state.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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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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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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