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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

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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Anything Budget Everyone Oppose Say Thinking
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.
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Basis Daily Dispense Expect Justice Process Revolution System Unfolding
The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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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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Atheist Conscious Expression Freedom Idea Manner Society Tolerance
Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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Brutal Country Massive Recent Square Suppresses Witness Woman
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
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
We 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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Certainty Country Front People Same Side Worker
The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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Advancement Contribute Democracy Exist Infrastructure Juman Modern Right World
Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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Change Constant Even Revise Theory
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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Affair Clearly Domain Individual Present Private Religion Separate
The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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Keep Lackey Lying Opponent Regime Saying
The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Discourse Encourage Entirely Kind Man People Such
Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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.
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Between Democracy Human Important Oppose Right Society Support
Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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Country Mass Province

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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