Nixon is a strong leader with a good grasp of the world’s problems. He knows that the only way to argue with the communists is from a position of strength.

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.

It would serve the Americans right if we emptied the prisons and let the subversives take power. They’d soon show Washington just how much they appreciate good old American values.

What’s happened recently in Pakistan, India and Kuwait only goes to show that it’s futile to imitate Western democracy. They’ve ended up exactly where they started.

Nobody can influence me, nobody. Still less a woman. Women are important in a man’s life only if they’re beautiful and charming and keep their femininity.

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.

They want liberalization! I’ll give them liberalization. I’ll loosen the screws until the Americans beg me to tighten them again.

O Cyrus, great King, King of Kings, Achaemenian King, King of the land of Iran. I, the Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation. Rest in peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake.

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.

the Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.