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.

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

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

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

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.

Nixon has the audacity to tell me to do nothing in the interest of my country until he dictactes where that interest lies. At the same time he threatens me that failure to follow his so-called advice will be to jeopardize the special relations between our two countries. I say to hell with such special relations.

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