Quotes Shirin Ebadi

Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simpl...

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like h...

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of e...

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to l...

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from v...

Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran....

Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their ...

My aim is to show that those governments that violate the ri...

No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian...

Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they a...

The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is al...

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to ...

The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program fo...

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regard...

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and n...

When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being viola...

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the...

Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they ...