I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
AKBAR GANJII, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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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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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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The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
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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 modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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It is like living with your wife, with whom you are in love and you are intensely involved in, but you also have tensions. And their position is that they want to deny that these tensions exist.
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