Thank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy.

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

Growing terrorism, permissive societies, democracy collapsing through lack of law and order. If things continue on their present track, the disintegr…

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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.

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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 …

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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 femini…

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

He [the King of Morocco] spends half his time asleep and the rest of it buried between the legs of the fairer sex.

- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi