They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
AKBAR GANJIYou cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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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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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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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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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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.
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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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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 did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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