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

When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, "Well, what do you think the United States should do?" My response is, "Why should the United States do anything?"

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.

The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.

When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.

Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.

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