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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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"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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"Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization."
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"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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"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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"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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"Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home."
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"We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure."
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"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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"The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights."
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