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Shirin Ebadi
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“Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear.”
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From 1999 interview.
“In the last 23 years, from the day I was stripped of my judgeship to the years of doing battle in the revolutionary courts of Tehran, I had repeated one refrain: an interpretation of Islam that is in harmony with equality and democracy is an authentic expression of faith. It is not religion that binds women, but the selective dictates of those who wish them cloistered. That belief, along with the conviction that change in Iran must come peacefully and from within, has underpinned my work.”
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: : A Memoir of Revolution and Hope, , 2006, p.204.
“In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of society, nor the lowest. I'm a women who is a lawyer, who is a professor at a university, who won the Nobel Peace Prize. At the same time, I cook. And even when I'm about to go to prison, one of the first things I do is to make enough food and put it in the fridge for my family.”
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From 2006 interview with Ebadi by New America Media editor Brian Shott (translator, Banafsheh Keynoush) about her newly released book, Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.
“I compare my situation to a person on board a ship. When there is a shipwreck the passenger then falls in the ocean and has no choice but to keep swimming. What happened in our society was that the laws overturned every right that women had. I had no choice. I could not get tired, I could not lose hope. I cannot afford to do that.”
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From 2006 interview with Ebadi by Harry Kreisler (translator, Banafsheh Keynoush) about her newly released book, Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.
“I, who have defended many prisoners of conscience such as the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders and others, would face unacceptable restrictions on my human rights work if I returned to Iran, if I were not arrested, now my own lawyer - who also represents many other activists - is detained, and her lawyer has been threatened with arrest for defending her. Where is the justice if your lawyer is arrested for defending you?”
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.”
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.”
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source