Who on earth do the Americans suppose their allies are amongst the Arab world? Even Saudi Arabia they seem to regard as nothing more than a resevoir of oil and money.

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

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

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.

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

When you think I've been wounded by a good five bullets, one in the face, one in the shoulder, one in the head, two in the body, and that the last one stuck in the barrel because the trigger jammed... You have to believe in miracles. I've had so many air disasters, and yet I've always come out unscathed - thanks to a miracle while by God and the prophets.

There is only one thing I can say about the Shah- he knows how to draw a crowd.