Khomeini (in one of his early speeches before the Revolution): A nation that doesn’t have freedom does not have civilization. A civilized nation is one that is free; where there is freedom of the press and people have the right to their opinions and their votes...

Khomeini: "We want to improve not only your material life but also your spiritual life. You need spirituality. They have taken away our spirituality. Do not be happy that we are going to build homes for you; that we are going to give you free water and electricity; that we are going to provide free public transport- do not cheer for this. We are going to develop the spiritual and the religious in you. We will make human beings out of you..."

Khomeini: "Iran no longer has a festival to celebrate..."

Khomeini: "A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby..."

"...secret orders should be issued so that medical personnel who can be trusted will be able to transfer the blood of those who are sentenced to be executed and whose sentences are to be carried out immediately, to special containers, which will in turn be delivered to the nearest infirmary or blood bank so that it may be used as soon as it is needed for our brothers, the Islamic Guards..."

Palestinians played a very crucial role in the Revolution that led to the fall of the Monarchy and which brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power in Iran...