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While living in exile I have become the loudspeaker for the people of Iran.

Shirin Ebadi

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Shirin Ebadi
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 21
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Judge
Lawyer
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
Hamedan
Cyrine Abadi
Exile
Iran
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Maybe the words are the same, but the time is not the same. Iranians weren't working on achieving nuclear energy.
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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.
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When more and more people want something, it becomes easier to achieve that goal.
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Democracy doesn't recognize east or west and democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy there is just democracy itself.
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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.
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Certainly, the fight against terrorism is a legitimate fight. And certainly whoever commits terrorism should be brought to justice.
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The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.
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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.
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When there is enough oxygen in the air for everyone, no one is going to take to violence in order to access it. But if there were not enough of it for everyone then people would result to violence in order to get it. Therefore we have to improve the conditions to have better human beings.
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I am the voice of the people in Iran whose voices are silent and whose demands cannot be heard by the rest of the world.
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Over 60 percent of the university students in Iran are female. The women in Iran are better educated than men.
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I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.
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Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.
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It is totally unacceptable for a government to interfere in the internal affairs of another government and send aid, money, and weapons, to the people who are against a certain regime in another country.
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No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either
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Human rights is the fruit of various civilizations.
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People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.
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