Reza Shah Pahlavi Quotes & Sayings

There is only one thing I can say about the Shah- he knows how to draw a crowd. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

I LOVE YOU SHAHAN SHAH MOHAMADREZA GOD BLESSE YOU — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned. — Stephen Kinzer

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? — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi