"Shah of Shahs" Quotes
"Shah of Shahs" by Ryszard Kapuściński explores the downfall of the last Shah of Iran and the Iranian Revolution.
history | 160 pages | Published in 1982
Quotes
Revolutions are always verbose.
revolutionpolitics
In the language of a dictatorship, the truth is an offense.
truthdictatorship
Another word for 'hell' is 'Iran'.
iranstruggle
The Iranian revolution was a revolution of the poor.
revolutionsociety
A revolution is not a dinner party.
revolutionsociety
The Shah was the most isolated man in his country.
isolationleadership
The Shah was a man of great solitude.
solitudeleadership
The revolution, like a vast wave, overwhelmed everything.
revolutionchange
Iran was a country of great contrasts.
iransociety
People had to choose between being silent and being killed.
oppressioncourage
