Imam Khomeini: you are free and you should take control of the fate of your country into your own ...

Sahifeh- ye- Imam, V 7, P 7

Imam advised believers, seminary student to reform and refine themselves

Imam Khomeini while dressing seminary students once said : You should refine yourselves, so that when you leave the seminary and become the leader of a people in a city or district, they may profit from you, take advice from you, and reform themselves.

Imam Khomeini: One who is a follower of Islam cannot commit inequity and would not do it so.

Sahifeh- ye- Imam, V 7, P 6

Imam Khomeini used to read a vast variety of books

(A memoirs by Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, Imam’s dear son)

Imam Khomeini: The government is Islamic, it is a government that obeys the law; obeys Islam.

Sahifeh- ye- Imam, V 7, P 6

Imam Khomeini: Due to Islam and Islamic Revolution, we have the great blessing of freedom.

Sahifeh- ye- Imam, V 10, P 319

Imam advised that all actions should be carried out for divine sake

According to Imam, believers and faithful people should make sure that their actions are performed with sincere intentions and are meant for the Almighty.

How was Imam Khomeini known before becoming founder of the Islamic Republic?