Ayatollah Khamenei

In an international forum I gave a speech against world powers and the imperial order and condemned the United States and the Soviet Union for their totalitarian domineering policies. After the speech there were many people who expressed their approval for those words; one of the heads of the countries who was a young revolutionary – and was actually killed later- came to me to say: “everything you said was right, but let me tell you that don’t look at yourselves that you’re not afraid of the U.S.; Everyone present here is afraid of the U.S.!” He then brought his head close to me and whispered: “I am afraid of the U.S., too.”
Ayatollah Khamenei, 08-02-1990