Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes on Leadership
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A corrupt learned person corrupts the world.
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We must try to purge this nation of the culture of palace residency.
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I am a brother to the people of Iran and regard myself as a servant and soldier of them.
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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.
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God knows that I ask no rights, privileges, immunities or prerogatives for myself. If I err, I am ready for the consequences
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We should not worry defeat, we should worry failure to perform our duties.
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I cannot admit that a man without moral standards may act for the people.
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Know that the wicked quality of self-conceit emerges from self-love.
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We trust in God and fear nothing.
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This man (meaning imam Ali) is the manifestation of all fairness and justice, he is the wonder of the universe and from the Beginning to Eternity, no man except His Holiness the Prophet (SAW) can match him in excellence.
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The freedom-lovers of the world mourn the sad demise of Imam Khomeini.
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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.