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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/contrary-to-what-many-believed-my-father-was-kind-and-tenderhearted/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

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## More by 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/they-want-liberalization-i-ll-give-them-liberalization-i-ll-loosen/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/he-the-king-of-morocco-spends-half-his-time-asleep-and-the-rest-of-it/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/muslim-brothers-be-damned-they-re-our-greatest-enemies-you-know/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [O Cyrus , great King, King of Kings, Achaemenian King, King of the land of Iran. I, the Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/o-cyrus-great-king-king-of-kings-achaemenian-king-king-of-the-land-of/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [A crown, a throne could not be based on the not too very solid foundation of blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/a-crown-a-throne-could-not-be-based-on-the-not-too-very-solid/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/what-s-happened-recently-in-pakistan-india-and-kuwait-only-goes-to/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/you-approach-the-mullahs-as-if-they-are-normal-people-they-are-not/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/to-be-first-in-the-middle-east-is-not-enough-we-must-raise-ourselves/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [Let the dog bark; the moon shall beam on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/let-the-dog-bark-the-moon-shall-beam-on/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [As far as we are concerned, we are not the toys of any country, including the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/as-far-as-we-are-concerned-we-are-not-the-toys-of-any-country/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [For all its apparent tolerance, the USA maintains a peculiar balance between the forces of capitalism and democracy. To achieve this I feel sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/for-all-its-apparent-tolerance-the-usa-maintains-a-peculiar-balance/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [When you think I've been wounded by a good five bullets, one in the face, one in the shoulder, one in the head, two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/when-you-think-i-ve-been-wounded-by-a-good-five-bullets-one-in-the/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [How can you hope to build up a nation by fragmenting its politics into opposing camps? Whatever one group builds, the other will endeavour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/how-can-you-hope-to-build-up-a-nation-by-fragmenting-its-politics/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [I perfectly understand the particular attention which you pay to the question of nuclear energy, and fully realize the possible dangers and catastrophes which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/i-perfectly-understand-the-particular-attention-which-you-pay-to-the/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

> [Henry Kissinger is possessed of a truly superior intelligence, in addition to which he has two qualities which, unfortunately, many great men lack: he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/henry-kissinger-is-possessed-of-a-truly-superior-intelligence-in/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

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