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"The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights."
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"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."
"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."
"In the jungle of ideas, it is hard to find the true direction! The paths of the wrong ideas often seem to be very alluring!"
"To move the earth like Archimedes, one needs not a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it. There is an easier way: Give a genius a beautiful remote house in a green valley where he can think calmly, and he shall move the earth with ideas!"
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"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."
"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."
"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government."
"My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam."
"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."
"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."
"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants."
"Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization."
"I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected."
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