[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.

It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by, we recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.

Let me begin by saying not only you can't have democracy with $75 million. You can't even have it with $750 billion.

The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and...kind of slogans that are...they fool the people. They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.

We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.

We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.