9 Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes on Iran

Ruhollah Khomeini quotes on iran

8. We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land [Iran] burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.

9. In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.

15. The crimes committed here foul the name and holiness of Jesus Christ in the eyes of the Iranian people.

16. If the Shah is not destroyed, you shall become slaves of pagans. Foreigners shall take your womenfolk; they shall plunder all your natural wealth and put the Muslim community to eternal shame.

93. The revolution of Iranian people is the starting point for the grand revolution of Islamic world under the banner of His Holliness Hojjat ( proof, title of the 12th Imam now in occultation, expected to reappear)

101. The name of Khomeini will always remain in the new chapter of Iranian history.

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105. What he [Stalin] did in Russia we have to do in Iran. We, too, have to do a lot of killing. A lot.

107. Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran. Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.

108. The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honourable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience.