The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
AKBAR GANJIThey obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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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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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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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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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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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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And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
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He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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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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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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