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 GANJIWe can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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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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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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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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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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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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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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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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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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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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