Quotes from Ruhollah Khomeini

One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America.

Islam is politics or it is nothing.

In Islam, the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.

In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion.

What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

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

The freedom-lovers of the world mourn the sad demise of Imam Khomeini.

After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.

The Imam throughout his life called America 'the Great Satan'. He believed that all the Muslims' problems were caused by America.

Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours.

If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned.

When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.

We're not afraid of sanctions. We're not afraid of military invasion. What frightens us is the invasion of western immorality.

If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.

Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.

Women are free in the Islamic Republic in the selection of their activities and their future and their clothing.

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