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> [We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/we-no-longer-claim-that-a-genuinely-religious-government-can-be/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

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## More by Abdolkarim Soroush

> [One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/one-of-the-achievements-of-the-reform-movement-is-that-people-realize/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/we-no-longer-claim-that-a-genuinely-religious-government-can-be/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [Compromise has a negative connotation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/compromise-has-a-negative-connotation/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/people-first-concern-themselves-with-meeting-their-basic-needs-only/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/in-many-of-the-things-that-people-do-they-themselves-are-the-centre/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/establishing-an-equilibrium-between-the-islam-of-truth-and-islam-as/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [When I have an idea, I'm like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/when-i-have-an-idea-i-m-like-a-pregnant-woman-i-just-have-to-deliver/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/energy-is-a-concept-that-has-been-coined-by-physicists-there-is-no/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/we-coin-concepts-and-we-use-them-to-analyse-and-explain-nature-and/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/people-should-know-what-they-want-not-just-what-they-don-t-want/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/as-a-result-of-the-awareness-and-consciousness-of-decline-an/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/god-manifests-himself-in-each-historical-period-according-to-the/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [That President Mohammad Khatami's policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/that-president-mohammad-khatami-s-policies-have-been-blocked-is-the/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [There are all sorts of cries that the leaders of the Green Movement should submit themselves to the supreme leader, but that won't take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/there-are-all-sorts-of-cries-that-the-leaders-of-the-green-movement/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

> [It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/it-is-impossible-to-advance-new-theories-when-you-are-under-the/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

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