The honor of about 30 million votes remains with the Iranian nation and no enemy scheme would take away this dignity and honor from the Iranian nation.

It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.

The Syrian civil war is a "crime initiated by the United States and the Zionist regime, Israel."

Israel is a hideous entity in the middle east which will undoubtedly be annihilated.

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial.

[There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East], namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist state.

The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.

The great Islamic nation cannot ... be indifferent and remain silent on the injustice done to you. The Islamic nation is required to assist you in any way it can.

The Islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan.

No, we did not do this, and we are not with you.

The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.

Well, I'm not a big sports fan.

Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.

I was forced to make the decision between art and music which are the only two things I liked as opposed to being able to do them both because that's what I was interested in.

The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language.

When I look back on my knee-jerk reactions now, I realize I should have just taken a breath.

A lot of people have this live or die attitude with mediation. It has to be all or nothing. I don't think it should be. It's a study that you follow for the rest of your life.

You can't make people listen to you. People only hear what they want to hear.

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.

We are the choices we make. And have to make. We aren’t anything else.