He [the King Of Morocco] Spends Half

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.

A Person Who Does Not Enter The New [rastakhiz] Party Is Either An Individual Who Belongs To An Illegal Organization, Or Is Related To The Outlaw Tudeh Party, Or In Other Words Is A Traitor. Such An Individual Belongs In An Iranian Prison, Or If He Desires, He Can Leave The Country Tomorrow, Because He Is Not An Iranian, He Has No Nation, And His Activities Are Illegal And Punishable According To Law.

The Shah Regarded Politics As The Province Of Demagoguery, An Art In Which Only Charlatans Could Excel. He Had No Time For What He Saw As The Tedious Process Of Achieving Consensus Through Debate And Discussion And Tried To Justify His Solitary Exercise Of Power By Insisting It Was What Iran Needed To Catch Up With Lost Time. He Believed He Was More Patriotic Than Anyone Else And Needed No Advice On How Best To Promote And Protect The Highest Interests Of The Nation.

My Main Mistake Was To Have Made An Ancient People Advance By Forced Marches Toward Independence, Health, Culture, Affluence, Comfort.

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.