Al-Waleed bin Talal Quotes

I want to be a traditional king first and foremost, building on the tradition of my predecessors standing for continuity and stability in this country, but also a 21st-century king who can unite, represent and encourage society.

You may rely upon one thing — I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain.

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections.

We can’t change our government unless we change the people who run it.

Do you believe that life today is the same as it was 10 centuries ago? This tremendous change was produced by the West. Who else produced it?

… science is the great instrument of social change, all the greater because its object is not change but knowledge, and its silent appropriation of this dominant function, amid the din of political and religious strife, is the most vital of all the revolutions which have marked the development of modern civilization.

Executing the massive transformation they [the Chinese reform leaders] envision will take most of their political capital and will require firm political control, even as the reforms generate strong forces for social and political change.

This government has come not to manage but to transform.

Making these changes is a matter of life and death for our country, and it will give our people a chance to lead a better life.

Because I really believe that Russia needs a fresh face, a new generation, to be seen on the political stage.

If we want Saudi Arabia to progress, we have no choice but to embrace change.

When I ran for the Senate, I ran to bring change to Washington, not simply to become a woman senator.

The message is resonating, not just in Wisconsin, but all over America, the people are sick and tired of establishment politics, establishment economics. They want real change.

We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I intend to deliver it. ... I will govern as a reformer.

The American people want change, and they see in Donald Trump a leader who embodies the American spirit.

I am a progressive who gets things done. And the root of that word, progressive, is progress.

If the only obstacle to the renewal and modernization of France is a choice of personnel, I am completely convinced that the president will make the right choice. What is at stake is not Alain Juppe but France.

Trump represents the ultimate anti-status-quo suckerpunch.

All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions of the past--men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries-- young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions and suspicions.

And I think Trump wants to change America to make it great again for a generation, not just for eight years.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces of conservatism.