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Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes

Quotes by and about Ruhollah Khomeini

(Continued from his main entry on the site.)

James Tennen:"Khomeini was keenly focused on the state's moral and ideological foundation. He did not dwell on its actual functioning or the particulars of its management. ... Khomeini never put forward a definition of statecraft and economics."

Saddam Hussein [referring to Khomeini]: "Ah, the mummy!"