Never face reality unless your reality is just the way you want it to be.
Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i. e. Iran] after the fall of the current system [of the Shah].
The freedom-lovers of the world mourn the sad demise of Imam Khomeini.
It's almost impossible to deal with a crazy man, except that he does have religious beliefs, and the world of Islam will be damaged if a fanatic like him should commit murder in the name of religion against 60 innocent people.
If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.
In Islam, the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.
In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion.
The brain has a good error rate. But, the point is, you can function with that error rate. Animals do a lot of guesswork.
True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.
There was a Russian cult of eunuchs known as the Skoptsy who were renowned for their proficiency as mathematicians, bankers, and moneylenders. Outsiders called them rapacious but this was simply their jealousy speaking - when one is freed from sexual desire, or sexual desire is transmuted into work, suddenly the world becomes engorged with possibilities.
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.