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Shirin Ebadi has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture…
• 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…
• Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of…
• 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…
• 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…
• There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with…
• We must acquaint the youth to the realities of the world... we must tell them that millions of people around the world…
• It's not just about hope and ideas. It's about action.

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