We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
AKBAR GANJIEven theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship…
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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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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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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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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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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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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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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