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.
AKBAR GANJIWhy did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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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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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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Why did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
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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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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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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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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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