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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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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."

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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."

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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

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

Job

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"I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected."

Hope

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Shirin Ebadi
"The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that."

Government

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Shirin Ebadi
"Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights."

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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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"When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group."

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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
"Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran."

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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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