'National authority is not splashing the nation's money out on weapons; this is idiocy,' said Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a ceremony of cadets' graduation.
Ayatollah Khamenei said this is not authority that a country from the other side of the world come here to establish bases to protect a family. 'This is not authority; this is humiliation. Authority comes from people.'
'The biggest proof for the authority of Iran is that Iran is progressing and the US has not been able to harm it whatsoever.'
The revolution is lasting and promising with patience and piety, underlined the Supreme Leader.
'As a result of patience and piety, the hostile enemies, despite all their prepared cunning, won’t be able to do a thing against us.
This is a piece of advice for all the nation, in particular officials and managers of the Islamic society. Patience means keeping to aims and continuing involvement and active presence; it means considering far future goals.
'Because you are resisting today, future generations will reach the climax of success; they will reach the climax, but dignity and resistance are yours. The revolution is lasting and promising because of patience and piety.'
If patience and piety are practiced by our dear youth, government officials and all the people, the enemy will by no means be able to damage you.'
Giving one’s money to foreign countries, buying its weapons, coming from a far-off country to open a military base, or shedding blood to preserve a dynasty does not represent power. These are examples of foolishness and humiliation rather than power. Had the Iranian nation not been powerful, a 10th of enemies’ efforts today would be enough to topple nation’s popular govt. The biggest proof to Iranian nation‘s power is that Iran progressed while the U.S. failed to do a single thing.
The enemies spare no efforts to sow seeds of discord between people and officials and all should exercise vigilance to forge unity and avoid aristocracy, the Supreme Leader said.
Triumph of the Islamic revolution cut chain and shackles from people hands and feet and helped them to taste independence and freedom, Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The real authority should be born from inside of nation based on independence and freedom, the Supreme Leader said, adding that this is not authority to pay money to aliens and purchase weapons and store them but will not be able to use them or to come from another corner of the world and to establish military bases in this region to suck the blood of regional nations to maintain the authority of one household as these are signs of stupidity and dip and is not regarded as authority.
IRGC is one of the pillars of might and should be promoted qualitative and quantitative in order to take advantage of its plentiful capabilities, the Supreme Leader said.
Iran's growing might is not exaggeration but it is quite real, Ayatollah Khamenei said.
One of the merciless powers in the world i.e. the US in the past 40 years did its best to confront Iranian nation but failed to prevent the progress of the Iranian nation, the Supreme Leader said.
From early stages of the Islamic Revolution, there existed three opponent streams 'the so-called liberalism who were devoted to the US and West, 'Armed communists who never hesitate to take any kind of action, and hypocrites who dressed in Islamic code who were spiteful and blasphemous without any identity who even supported defamed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and now busy to render espionage services to governments such as France, Britain and the US, the Supreme Leader said.
The three streams were knocked down by the Islamic revolution, underlined the Supreme Leader.
One more proof to Iran’s power is the coalitions U.S. formed in the region. If the U.S. had the power to defeat the Islamic Republic, they wouldn’t need to ally with the disgraceful states in the Middle East to create chaos and insecurity in Iran.
Six U.S. presidents before the current one also made efforts but failed to achieve their vicious goals. Today after losing hope in other methods, the enemy’s conspiracy is to create a gap between the establishment and the people. But that’s foolish; they don’t understand that the establishment is nothing but the people.
Due to Iran's eye-catching developments and progress, the US enmity has been increased dramatically but in the meantime the hatred of Iranian people to US has been increased day by day, the Supreme Leader said.
The enemy is to divide the Iranian people and their officials which has roots in their stupidity as they are ignorant that the Islamic revolution is an inseparable part of Iranian nation, the Supreme Leader said.
The goals behind current economic sanctions and pressure is to increase the intolerance of the Iranian people but to no avail, underlined the Supreme Leader.
The enemy is opposed to the country's independence, dignity and development in the fields of science and politics, Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The cost of submission is much bigger than resistance, the Supreme Leader said.
Submission to the enemy will result in their enmity, the Supreme Leader said.
If you avoid reconciling with the enemy, the Almighty will support you for your patience and endeavor, Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The youth will witness the day when the enemies have no dare to trigger any military, economic, security and political aggressions to Iran, the Supreme Leader said.
