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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.

Akbar Ganji

The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
AKBAR GANJI

Between Democracy Human Important Oppose Right Society Support
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?
AKBAR GANJI

Accept Country Decide Excess Expect Govern Idea Ideas Ruler
I am only speaking of my own behalf.
AKBAR GANJI

Behalf Own Speak
The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
AKBAR GANJI

Believe Country Dimension Issue Legal Other Realm Two
The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
AKBAR GANJI

Development Distraught Lower Political Problem Society Solution Solve Strata
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Basis Daily Dispense Expect Justice Process Revolution System Unfolding
When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
AKBAR GANJI

Crisis Damage Democracy First Harm Thing
The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJI

Keep Lackey Lying Opponent Regime Saying
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Country Idea Myself Population Same Speak Support Time Wide
When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
AKBAR GANJI

Act Back Inch Political Push Two Women
All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
AKBAR GANJI

Atheist Conscious Expression Freedom Idea Manner Society Tolerance
We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
AKBAR GANJI

Demonstration Environmental Kind Movement Organize
Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
AKBAR GANJI

Change Country Everyone Must Oppose Regime
Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
AKBAR GANJI

Affair Clearly Domain Individual Present Private Religion Separate
The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
AKBAR GANJI

Advancement Contribute Democracy Exist Infrastructure Juman Modern Right World
In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
AKBAR GANJI

Act Affair Cloth Force Individual Islamic Modern Nature Political Private Religion State Wear Women

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