Ruhollah Khomeini

“There is no fun in Islam.”

“Islam is politics or it is nothing.”

“If one allows the infidels to continue playing their role of corrupters on Earth, their eventual moral punishment will be all the stronger.”

“The entire world should know that the evil plots of the US and other imperialists have not had the slightest effect on the spiritual rule of Iran.”

“The philosophy of Hajj is not to go there and make Tawaf and come back. It is not a trip. It is to know the problems of the Muslim world.”

“The West has been the source of all our troubles.”

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

“If you want to be of use to your people, you must be a revolutionary, at least in your thought, and stamp out the corrupt roots of the old regime.”

“America is the Great Satan, the wounded snake.”

“The peoples of the world must be fully aware that aggression and suppression and plunder are part of the nature of the U.S.”

“I say let this land burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided that Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.”

“The path of God is a path of struggle.”