“Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) managed to restore our dignity and eliminate the long-standing hegemony of autocracy and colonialism by returning to Islam, by adhering to Islam. He managed to give our people a sense of identity and made them feel that they can stand on their own feet, that they can say…”— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, english.khamenei.ir
“In Astrology, the moon, among its other meanings, has that of ‘the common people,’ who submit (they know not why) to any independent will that can express itself with sufficient energy. The people who guillotined the mild Louis XVI died gladly for Napoleon. The impossibility of an actual democracy i…”— Aleister Crowley, amazon.com
“No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyber space.”— Ai Weiwei, theguardian.com