We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities.

With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established.

Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i.e. Iran] after the fall of the current system [of the Shah].

If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned.

What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.

Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours.