Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes

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

Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.

Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws.

Islam is politics or it is nothing.

After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.

In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded.

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.

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

The Imam throughout his life called America 'the Great Satan'. He believed that all the Muslims' problems were caused by America.

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.

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.

Women are free in the Islamic Republic in the selection of their activities and their future and their clothing.

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

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].

The freedom-lovers of the world mourn the sad demise of Imam Khomeini.

If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.

There is no room for play in Islam... It is deadly serious about everything.

In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen.

In Islam, the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.

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

With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established.

One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America.

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

One should express his viewpoint regarding what he performed in his country and in a vast part of the world with great respect and deep thought.