Shirin Ebadi Quotes

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• Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace…
• I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.
• Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights.
• 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…
• Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.
• If you can't eliminate injustice, at least tell everyone about it.
• In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of society, nor the…
• No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either
• We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world…
• There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with your time. Time…
• We must acquaint the youth to the realities of the world... we must tell them that millions of people around the world have no access…
• It's not just about hope and ideas. It's about action.
• Europe clearly is the only place where people can speak up critically, and this is a unique cultural value.
• 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.…
• Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.
• My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.

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