“Patience may enable you to resist against the temptations of committing sins and transgression against the Laws of Allah.” SOURCE: DISCOURSE ON PATIENCE | IMAM KHAMENEI  

“It is possible that association with a powerful tyrant or with a destructive organisation may bring ample power for an ambitious person, but Islam never sanctions such an association, because the act of associating with a tyrant is a direct support for strengthening tyranny.” SOURCE: DISCOURSE ON PATIENCE | IMAM KHAMENEI  

“When the instinct of love for power results in tyranny, oppression, brute force and savage crimes, this has been condemned as an undesirable and forbidden act.” SOURCE: DISCOURSE ON PATIENCE | IMAM KHAMENEI  

“Islam considers power necessary where it is required for establishing the truth, for dischargement of important social obligations, for reinstatement of lost rights of their rightful owners, and for execution of divine commands and decrees. In these cases Islam has made it mandatory for all Muslims to gain power.” SOURCE: DISCOURSE ON PATIENCE | IMAM…
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“The other example of human instinct could be love for power. By nature human beings crave for power. Certainly those who have accepted weakness, and humility as essential elements of their existence must believe that they have deviated from the assigned human nature.” SOURCE: DISCOURSE ON PATIENCE | IMAM KHAMENEI