Quote

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

Shirin Ebadi

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Shirin Ebadi
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 21
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Judge
Lawyer
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
Hamedan
Cyrine Abadi
View
Personal
Views
Anyone
Regarding
Religion
Impose
Force
Enable
Others
Oppression
Must
Pressure

More quotes by Shirin Ebadi

Image
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.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Sixty-three percent of our university students are female. But you still see violations of women's rights in Iran. A Muslim man can have up to four wives. He can divorce his wife without offering any reason, while it is quite difficult for a woman to get a divorce.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
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.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
There is no true Islam, just different interpretations.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world where the basic needs of all peoples are addressed. No more military attacks. No more war.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either
Shirin Ebadi
Image
When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with your time. Time is the most important thing that has been given to man.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Human rights is the fruit of various civilizations.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
When more and more people want something, it becomes easier to achieve that goal.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Iran, the Iranian government, has mentioned several times that it wouldn't attack Israel.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Akbar Ganji was in prison for six years, and that was it...for six years, and it was finished. Of course the Iranian government could make up some stories and accuse him of some other things, but the international support didn't let the government do that.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
While living in exile I have become the loudspeaker for the people of Iran.
Shirin Ebadi
Image
Certainly, the fight against terrorism is a legitimate fight. And certainly whoever commits terrorism should be brought to justice.
Shirin Ebadi