Better that he take risks than that he ends up a shrinking violet like Ahmad Shah Qajar. - Mohammad Reza I of Iran

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

... 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.

I have learned by experience that a tragic end awaits anyone who dares cross swords with me; Nasser is no more, John and Robert Kennedy died at the hands of assassins, their brother Edward has been disgraced, Krushchev was toppled, the list is endless.