It is equally obvious and it became clear... that no ruler can legislate a social revolution. He can implement the outward form of social change, but he cannot legislate change in the minds of the people. Stable and lasting change has to evolve slowly and gradually over a period of many generations. What signaled the beginning of the end... was the radical modernization program, which virtually affected every aspect of Iranian life... [including] the sweeping emancipation of women, which moved as it were 13 centuries in the course of three decades.


In Tribute to Princess Ashraf Pahlavi: A Jewel of Iran (January 17, 2016)

Ashraf Pahlavi Quotes

It is equally obvious and it became clear... that no ruler can legislate a social revolution. He can implement the outward form of social change, but ...

It is equally obvious and it became clear... that no ruler can legislate a social revolution. He can implement the outward form of social change, but ...

It is equally obvious and it became clear... that no ruler can legislate a social revolution. He can implement the outward form of social change, but ...

It is equally obvious and it became clear... that no ruler can legislate a social revolution. He can implement the outward form of social change, but ...