Let me begin by saying not only you can't have democracy with $75 million. You can't even have it with $750 billion.

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.

Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.

We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.

Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.

When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.

We should put away the militaristic outlook. The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.

Religion is separate from the institution of the state.

When I talk about secularism, I'm talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.

The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

I was an only child. I hung out with my parents.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

Strider: Red hots dude. He'd ruin anything for a mouthful of those. Now pull over. William: Gummy Bears. You should have said so.

The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit.

Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.

I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins.

I never owned a pair of blue jeans until I met my second wife.

If people associate you with the idea of loads of money, they in turn will give some of that money to you.

God may reduce you on Judgment Day to tears of shame, reciting by heart the poems you would have written, had your life been good.