The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want is free elections.

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.

His mind was logical, but his traitorous heart stuttered from beat to beat.

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.

If you're a foolhardy, braggadocios male figure who wants to charge forward in every fight, it has its pros and its cons, that's for sure.

If I did anything 'next,' I would do writing.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it.

I think that it's just extremely rare to see any kind of TV show that's completely written by one person, regardless of what any showrunner will tell you.

The essence of being a gentleman is to understand the way you're supposed to treat a respectable woman.

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

The purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.