America is not the only one who should decide about the policies toward Iran.

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.

It's not just about hope and ideas. It's about action.

Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.

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.

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

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. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.

If you can't eliminate injustice, at least tell everyone about it.

When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

Most women had the one thing in common: they had great pain when they gave birth to their children. This should make a bond that held them all together

Kindness is not an option, it is an absolute necessity of life.

Happy Days was a wonderful, wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for the world.

...With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down.

A funny thing about tolerant people? They're really only tolerant when you agree with them.

Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.

I sit and pass judgment on myself: this is dull, this is unclear, this is insignificant: ergo I am dull, I am unclear, I am insignificant.

Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.

What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences.

But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood.