People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.

Usually, in any revolution people are focused on who wants to have the most power. But the most important thing is the laws that are written during that time.

When you vote, vote for those who are not warmongers, and vote for those who respect human rights. When you see a president who doesn't respect human rights, don't vote for that person.

North Americans do not understand that you do not throw down human rights like bombs on the Iraqis.

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse.

I want to take my American friends back to the end of World War II, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was formulated. A group of thinkers met to come up with ways and means to prevent yet another war. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt played a crucial role in assembling this group of people. And that is why the name of the United States is synonymous with the cause of human rights around the world.