Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Quotes

As For King Hussein Of Jordan, I Cannot Praise Him Enough. He Is Not Only A Friend, But A Brother. His Qualities As A Man And His Goodness Of Heart Are Enhanced By Great Courage And A True Love Of His Country.

Henry Kissinger Is Possessed Of A Truly Superior Intelligence, In Addition To Which He Has Two Qualities Which, Unfortunately, Many Great Men Lack: He Is Able To Listen And He Has A Very Subtle Sense Of Humour.

Was The Collaboration Of Some Slaves Any Different Than The Silence Of Some Iranians Who Stood By And Did Nothing As Savak Thugs Murdered And Tortured Opponents Of The Shah? How Could We Judge Other Men Until We Had Stood In Their Shoes?

I Did Not Share The Enthusiasm Of Certain Politicians For The National Front Leader, It Was Because I Had Noticed, In The Past, Some Strange Contradictions Between Mossadeq's Declared Ends And His Actions. Officially He Defended Nationalist Anti-colonialism And Was The Most Intransigent Patriot Who Declared That No Concessions Or Advantages Should Be Granted To Foreign Powers. He Described His Doctrine As A "negative Balance" And In Fact His Greatest Failing Was That He Was Negative.

Contrary To What Many Believed, My Father Was Kind And Tenderhearted, Especially Towards His Family. His Forbidding Sternness Seemed To Melt Into Love, Kindness, And Easy Familiarity When He Was With Us. Especially With Me, His Acknowledged Successor To The Throne, He Would Play Lightheartedly. When We Were Alone Together, He Would Sing Me Little Songs; I Don't Remember His Ever Doing This In Front Of Others, But When Only The Two Of Us Were There, He Would Often Sing To Me.

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.

The World Petroleum Story Is One Of The Most Inhuman Known To Man: In It, Elementary Moral And Social Principles Are Jeered At. If Powerful Oil Trusts No Longer Despoil And Humiliate Our Country It Is Not Because These Predators Have Become Human, But Because We Have Won A Hard-fought Battle Which Has Been Going On Since The Beginning Of The Century.

Today The Name Of America Has A Magic Meaning For The Most Distant Commmunities Of The World.

I Perfectly Understand The Particular Attention Which You Pay To The Question Of Nuclear Energy, And Fully Realize The Possible Dangers And Catastrophes Which Might Result For Mankind From An Irresponsible Attitude. In This Field My Wish Is For Iran To Put All Her Efforts Towards The Peaceful Use Of Atomic Energy. We Shall Continue To Co-operate With All The Nations Of The World To Attain This End In The Interests Of Human Society.

I Have Always Endeavoured, As My Double Duty Of Believer And Sovereign Dictated, To Follow The Precepts Of The Sacred Book Of Islam: Precepts Of Balance, Justice And Moderation. Although My Religious Education Was Very Literal, In That I Learnt To Understand The Precepts Of The Koran Precisely According To The Text, We Have Seen That On Several Occasions Throughout My Life, I Have Felt Myself To Be Very Particularly In The Hands Of The Almighty.

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.

I Personally Object To The Veil On Aesthetic As Well As Other Grounds; But I Must Admit That, For Instance In The Suburbs Of American Cities, I Have Often Seen Women Attired More Sloppily Than Our Persian Women Normally Are.