Quote #39
From the viewpoint of human rights, there is no difference between men and women because both are human and women can decide about their own destinies just like men.
More from Ruhollah Khomeini
- A child's first school is the mother's lap.
- In our age women have proved that in a fight they march by the side of men or ahead of them.
- I need no financial aid. I fight the Shah with a pen and a sheet of paper and, if I needed help, my nation will help me.
- Men ascend to high Heavens from the lap of the women.
- I would rather be called servant than leader. Leadership is not the issue, service is topical. Islam has made it incumbent on us to serve.
- I observe a wonderous change in the community of women, far beyond that of men.
- I am a brother to the people of Iran and regard myself as a servant and soldier of them.
- Iranian women have a larger part than men in this Movement and Revolution.