Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes

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• When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.

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  Islamic, Government, Political

  "Tahrir al-Wasilah (Volume 1)". Book by Ruhollah Khomeini, 1986.

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• Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.

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  Snakes, Evil, Satan

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• It is better for a girl to marry in such a time when she would begin menstruation at her husband's house rather than her father's home. Any father marrying his daughter so young will have a permanent place in heaven.

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  Girl, Daughter, Husband

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• We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Military, Economic Sanctions, Islam

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• Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of other [Qur'anic] psalms and Hadiths [sayings of the Prophet] urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim.

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  War, Mean, Fighting

  As quote in "Holy Terror: Inside the World of Islamic Terrorism" by Amir Taheri, (pp. 241-243), 1987.

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• The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the representatives of the people or the monarch in such regimes engage in legislation, in Islam the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.

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  Islamic, Differences, Government

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• Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws.

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  Islamic, Mean, Law

  "Imam's Sahife", Volume 5 (p. 133), December 17, 1978.

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• Islam is politics or it is nothing.

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  Islam

  "Islamic Revolution" by Bernard Lewis, www.nybooks.com. January 21, 1988.

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• You young people yourselves are capable of performing anything. Our inventors can invent in a high level. Our innovators can innovate in a high level, only if they keep self confidence and believe that we can.

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  Believe, Self Confidence, People

  Ruhollah Khomeini's address to an audience of Iranian industry workers and inventors (October 1983), as quoted in "Imam's Sahife", Volume 18 (pp. 189-190), December 11, 1983.

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• If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned.

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  Animal, Islam, Camels

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• After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.

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  Iran, People, President

  Le Monde Interview in Paris, January 9, 1979.

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• There is no room for play in Islam... It is deadly serious about everything.

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  Play, Islam, Rooms

  "Man Of The Year: Portrait of an Ascetic Despot", content.time.com. January 7, 1980.

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• Should one permit an infidel to continue in his role as a Corrupter of the Earth, the moral suffering of the infidel will be all the worse. Should one kill the infidel, and this stops him from perpetrating his misdeeds, his death will be a blessing to him.

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  Blessing, Suffering, Roles

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• Happy are those who have departed through martyrdom. Unhappy am I that I still survive... Taking this decision is more deadly than drinking from a poisoned chalice. I submitted myself to Allah's will and took this drink for His satisfaction.

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  Drinking, Decision, Departed

  Ruhollah Khomeini's announcement of ceasefire with Iraq (July 20, 1988), as quoted in Efraim Karsh "The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988", April 25, 2002.

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• If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.

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  Fasting, Throat, Ifs

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• In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen.

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  Democracy, World

  Attributed in "The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption" by Clive Foss, London: Quercus Publishing, (p. 195), 2006.

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• In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.

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  Islamic, Government, Iran

  Ruhollah Khomeini's speech on November 9, 1978, as quoted in "The Most Truthful Individual in Recent History" in "Iranshenasi", Volume XIV, No. 4, as translated by Farhad Mafie, Winter 2003.

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• Those who say that we want nationality, they are standing against Islam....We have no use for the nationalists. Moslems are useful for us. Islam is against nationality.

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  Islam, Use, Want

  Mehregan Magazine, Volume 12, Numbers 1 & 2 (p. 16), 2003.

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• Women are free in the Islamic Republic in the selection of their activities and their future and their clothing.

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  Islamic, Republic, Clothings

  The Guardian (Paris) Interview, November 6, 1978.

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• In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded.

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  Religious, Islamic, Rights

  Interview for Austrian television in Paris (November 6, 1978), as quoted in "Democracy? I meant theocracy - The most truthful individual in recent history" by Dr. Jalal Matini and Farhad Mafie in "The Iranian", August 5, 2003.

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• The Imam throughout his life called America 'the Great Satan'. He believed that all the Muslims' problems were caused by America.

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  America, Problem, Satan

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• The people will not rest until the Pahlavi rule has been swept away and all traces of tyranny have disappeared. As long as the Shah's satanic power prevails, not a single true representative of the people can possibly be elected.

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  Long, People, Satanic

  Ruhollah Khomeini's response to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's announcement of elections (August 1978), as quoted in "The Shah's Divided Land", Time Magazine, September 18, 1978.

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• Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours.

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  Hands, Joy, Victory

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• What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

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  Country, Government, Iran

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• These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these issues are not correct. This issue, which is perhaps being discussed everywhere, regarding paying attention to nation and nationality is nonsense in Islam and is against Islam. One of the things that the designers of Imperialism and their agents have promoted is the idea of nation and nationality.

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  Iran, Ideas, Issues

  Mehregan Magazine, Volume 12, Numbers 1 & 2 (p. 16), 2003.

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