They want liberalization! I'll give them liberalization. I'll loosen the screws until the Americans beg me to tighten them again.
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As quoted in Marvin Zonis (1991), Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah, page 109Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
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The real difficulty was caused by too precipitate liberalization... The Americans and the British kept pushing me; they wanted a democratic republic. They wanted me to be more liberal with my opponents. The changes were genuine on my part. But Iran is not ready for Western-style democracy.
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
Liberalization and democratization are in essence counter-revolution.
Andrei Grechko
We're going to take a break to tighten a few loose screws.
Geddy Lee
In many societies the domestic social costs of adjustment to changing patterns of comparative advantage are believed to outweigh the advantages of further trade liberalization.
Robert Gilpin
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
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