Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.”

“We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.”

“When I have an idea, I'm like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver.”

“As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being.”

“One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.”

“That President Mohammad Khatami's policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Khatami and called for freedom and justice have been ignored... Why should cultural activities and journalism be so risky in Iran?”

“The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.”