We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
AKBAR GANJIWhat 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.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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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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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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In the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.
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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?
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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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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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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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