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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.

Akbar Ganji

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
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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Belief Country Equal Nation Nuclear People Progam Right Same
We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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Country Everyone Kind Oppression Subject Two Unique Universal
I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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Against Country Dismantlement
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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Atheist Conscious Expression Freedom Idea Manner Society Tolerance
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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Believe Country Dimension Issue Legal Other Realm Two
I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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Commander Guard Join Revolutionary Simple
The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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Concern Country Ecological Everything Information Movement Public
Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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Freedom Idea Invariably Issue Justice Limit Place Revolution Solve
They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
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Budget Collect Consequence Monies Obvious Problem Result Structure Sum
Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
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Believe Country Ethnic National People Problem Supporter Wife
You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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Attack Bring Country Democracy
The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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Create Defend Divert Guard Help Initial Path Revolution Soon
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.
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Dissatisfaction Economic Existence Expectation Lead Made never Personal Perspective Promise Rising Slogan
In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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Country Covert Everything Firsthand Information
We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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Achieve Expect Hope Justice Recognize

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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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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