I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
AKBAR GANJIWhen 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.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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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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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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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