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

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

Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.

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.

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

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.

This criticism is ridiculous. The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebration cost me less than the inauguration of each new president of the United States.