"O Cyrus , great King, King of Kings, Achaemenian King, King of the land of Iran. I, the Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation. Rest in peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake."

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Source : Opening speech during the 2500th anniversary of Cyrus' founding of the Persian Empire, October 12, 1971.

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

#Awake Quotes

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