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

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

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.

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.

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

Pride comes before a fall - although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride.

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