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"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."

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty

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"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."

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