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

I personally object to the veil on aesthetic as well as other grounds; but I must admit that, for instance in the suburbs of American cities, I have often seen women attired more sloppily than our Persian women normally are.

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

Nixon would like to consign us to to the level of the most backward countries in the whole Middle East. Why lower us to the standard of the Saudis rather than raising the Saudis to meet us?

As far as we are concerned, we are not the toys of any country, including the United States.

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.

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