Those who say that we want nationality, they are standing against Islam....We have no use for the nationalists. Moslems are useful for us. Islam is against nationality.

Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.

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

In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion.

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.

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].

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