Maybe the words are the same, but the time is not the same. Iranians weren't working on achieving nuclear energy.

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.

It is a sexy country. We are very free with our bodies.

The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General.

I believe in community policing.

In the broad sense design means thinking about what the function or purpose of things or processes are, and translating that into action.

Just give yourself permission to tell the truth to yourself.

That's my private business. Besides, the perception is that people that believe in God are stupid.

We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay.

They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen. [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]

People fight, they get angry, they do drugs, and they do crazy things.