Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort.

Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.

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.

Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.