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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....

— Ruhollah Khomeini

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

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

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

Most of the wailings of the awliya [pious believers] is caused by the pain of separation and detachment from the Beloved and His Generosity.

Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country after the fall of the current system.

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