Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Quotes

Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.

Even one billion Chinese do not a superpower make.

A nation is a superpower not just because of its military strength.

Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

It is difficult for an American of today to realize that less than twenty-five years ago the United States was not taken seriously as a world power.

India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it.

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

The definition of superpower cannot mean only military might anymore.

The prestige of a nation is its reputation for power.

Now what sensible person wants Turkey to be a world power again … ?

Being a great power is very expensive.

A superpower does not have to be the bully on the block.

Americans like to think of their country as the most powerful in the world, and so it has been for three-quarters of a century. But being the most powerful is a far cry from being omnipotent.

We are not a minor power in the Middle East; we are a significant player.

If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.

Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power.

What are the symbols of American strength, wealth, power and modernity? Certainly not jazz and rock and roll, not chewing-gum or hamburgers, Broadway or Hollywood. It's their skyscrapers. Their Pentagon. Their science. Their technology.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America.

The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures. What makes a country a world leader? Is it population, in which case India is on course to top the charts, overtaking China as the world's most populous country by 2034?

The more I see, hear, and think in Europe, the more I wish for every measure that can ensure to the United States dignity, power, and public confidence.

America is the most creative country and the most powerful government in the world.