The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable. (Muhammad Reza Pahlavi)

The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.

Muhammad Reza Pahlavi

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