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

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

Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.

Growing terrorism, permissive societies, democracy collapsing through lack of law and order. If things continue on their present track, the disintegration of Western societies will occur much sooner than you think under the hammer blows of fascism and communism. Freedom is not something that does not have a breaking point, and your enemies would like you to reach that point.

Soviet propaganda is remarkably effective and the Americans are even more remarkably stupid.

I want the standard of living in Iran in ten years' time to be exactly on a level with that in Europe today. In twenty years' time we shall be ahead of the United States.

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