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

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.

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

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

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

Many Westerners forget that when the Prophet spoke of four wives as the maximum allowable number, he had in mind a reduction to four as compared to the number then often prevailing; moreover, Mohammed specified that a man should acquire more than one wife only if he could treat them all with equal justice - obviously a difficult feat for even the most diligent man to achieve. In effect, then, the Prophet curtailed the number of wives.

Let the dog bark; the moon shall beam on.