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Shirin Ebadi

"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government."

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Amber Hurdle

"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle."

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Amber Hurdle

"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."

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Amber Hurdle

"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."

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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

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Amber Hurdle

"The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments."

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Amber Hurdle

"You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too."

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Amber Hurdle

"Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for."

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"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization."

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Shirin Ebadi
"The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself."

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Shirin Ebadi
"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government."

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Shirin Ebadi
"What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran."

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Shirin Ebadi
"My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants."

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"I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence."

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Shirin Ebadi
"How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear."

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