Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Quotes

• I want the standard of living in Iran in ten years' time to be exactly on a level with that in Europe today. In twenty years' time we shall be ahead of the United States.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Iran, Years, Europe

  "Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah". Book by Marvin Zonis, p. 65, 1991.

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• Let the dog bark; the moon shall beam on.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Dog, Moon, Bark

  "The Life and Times of the Shah". Book by Gholam Reza Afkhami, p. 261, 2009.

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• To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Middle East, World, Levels

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 360, 1991.

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• My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Mistake, People, Independence

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• The Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.

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  Past, America, Rights

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 535, 1991.

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• My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Wall, People, Realizing

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• Thank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Iran, Suffering, Democracy

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 233, 1991.

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• Growing terrorism, permissive societies, democracy collapsing through lack of law and order. If things continue on their present track, the disintegration of Western societies will occur much sooner than you think under the hammer blows of fascism and communism. Freedom is not something that does not have a breaking point, and your enemies would like you to reach that point.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Thinking, Blow, Order

  "Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President". Book by Jimmy Carter, p. 444, 1995.

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• I cannot avoid wondering about the feelings of those who are now the apparent rulers of Iran. They are, despite their mistakes and the crimes which they have instigated, men of faith who claim to be sent by God. I hope they will eventually realize that the revolution which they believe they have brought about is not to the glory of God, but serves the forces of evil.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Mistake, Believe, Men

  "The Shah's Story". Book by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, p. 167, 1980.

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• You approach the Mullahs as if they are normal people. They are not. You see them in your own image; you should not.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  People, Normal, Should

  "The Life and Times of the Shah". Book by Gholam Reza Afkhami, p. 591, 2009.

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• Soviet propaganda is remarkably effective and the Americans are even more remarkably stupid.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Stupid, Soviet Propaganda, Propaganda

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 508, 1991.

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• Nobody can influence me, nobody. Still less a woman. Women are important in a man's life only if they're beautiful and charming and keep their femininity.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Beautiful, Men, Important

  "The Mystically Divine Shah of Iran". Interview with Oriana Fallaci, Chicago Tribune, December 30, 1973.

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• O Cyrus , great King, King of Kings, Achaemenian King, King of the land of Iran. I, the Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation. Rest in peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Rest In Peace, Kings, Iran

  Opening speech during the 2500th anniversary of Cyrus' founding of the Persian Empire, October 12, 1971.

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• A crown, a throne could not be based on the not too very solid foundation of blood.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Blood, Foundation, Thrones

  "The Shah Speaks". Interview with David Frost, January 1980.

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• Nixon tiene la audacia de decirme que no haga nada en interés de mi país hasta que él dicte dónde reside ese interés. Al mismo tiempo me amenaza con que si no sigo su supuesto consejo pondré en peligro las relaciones especiales entre nuestros dos países. Yo digo que al diablo con esas relaciones especiales.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Country, Lying, Two

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 278, 1991.

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• The Jewish press in the USA is solely responsible for our poor publicity.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Usa, Publicity, Poor

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 427, 1991.

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• They want liberalization! I'll give them liberalization. I'll loosen the screws until the Americans beg me to tighten them again.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Giving, Want, Screws

  "Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah". Book by Marvin Zonis, p. 109, 1991.

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• The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Country, Claims, Great Power

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 262, 1991.

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• Muslim brothers be damned; they're our greatest enemies. You know yourself that I'm a Muslim, even a fanatical Muslim. But that does nothing to alter my opinion of the Arabs.

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  Brother, Enemy, Doe

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 330, 1991.

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• Por lo que a nosotros respecta, no somos juguetes de ningún país, incluido Estados Unidos.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Country, United States, Toys

  Said at the "Meet the Press" program in July 1973. "His Imperial Majesty Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Shahanshah, Aryamehr: an operational code". Book by William W. Sitz, archive.org. 1975.

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• How can you hope to build up a nation by fragmenting its politics into opposing camps? Whatever one group builds, the other will endeavour to destroy.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Groups, Endeavour, Camps

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 552, 1991.

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• For all its apparent tolerance, the USA maintains a peculiar balance between the forces of capitalism and democracy. To achieve this I feel sure the country is guided by some hidden force; an organization working in secrecy, powerful enough to dispose of the Kennedys and of anyone else who gets in its way.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Country, Powerful, Usa

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 169, 1991.

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• We may be delighted to see Israel putting the Arabs in their place, but we have repeatedly condemned their occupation of Arab territory.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Israel, Occupation, May

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 65, 1991.

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• He [the King of Morocco] spends half his time asleep and the rest of it buried between the legs of the fairer sex.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Kings, Sex, Morocco

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 237, 1991.

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• I have learned by experience that a tragic end awaits anyone who dares cross swords with me; Nasser is no more, John and Robert Kennedy died at the hands of assassins, their brother Edward has been disgraced, Krushchev was toppled, the list is endless.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Brother, Hands, Assassins

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 202, 1991.

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