Abdolkarim Soroush People Quotations

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms.

God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.

In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.

That President Mohammad Khatami's policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Khatami and called for freedom and justice have been ignored... Why should cultural activities and journalism be so risky in Iran?

People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.

One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.