I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
AKBAR GANJIWhen women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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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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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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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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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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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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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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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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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