Mohammad bin Salman

“We will support anything to stabilize the oil demand and supply.”

“We want to lead normal lives, lives where our religion and our traditions translate into tolerance, so that we coexist with the world and become part of the development of the world.”

“Without a doubt, at the end of the day, Neom will be floated in the markets. The first zone floated in the public markets. It's as if you float the city of New York.”

“There is no common ground between us and Iran.”

“We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets.”

“I had elements that were much more than what Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates had. If I work according to their methods, what will I create? All of this was in my head when I was young.”

“We have developed a case of oil addiction in Saudi Arabia.”

“Neom will have a lot of ports, some of them in Saudi Arabia and some of them in Egypt.”

“A war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is the beginning of a major catastrophe in the region, and it will reflect very strongly on the rest of the world. For sure, we will not allow any such thing.”

“Over the year,s the government launched more than one 'war on corruption,' and they all failed. Why? Because they all started from the bottom up.”

“There will not be any investment or movement or growth in any region of the world without the voice of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.”

“We will build the city from scratch. It will be drone-friendly and a center for the development of robotics. We want to create something different. Neom is a place for dreamers who want to create something new in the world, something extraordinary.”

“I fear that the day I die, I am going to die without accomplishing what I have in my mind. Life is too short, and a lot of things can happen, and I am really keen to see it with my own eyes - and that is why I am in a hurry.”

“The journey towards restoring balance to markets, led by the kingdom, is proving successful despite the challenges.”

“No one involved in corruption will be spared, no matter who they are, I assure you. Whether a minister, a prince, or anyone. Anyone who is guilty of corruption will be held accountable.”

“We will not continue to be in the post-'79 era. That age is over.”

“The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated media outlets in Egypt tried to sour the ties between our two countries, but our ties are very strong. No negative stance has been taken by either side against the other. Rumors are being spread by the enemies of our two countries. We pay no attention to them.”

“Righteousness is on our side.”

“What happened in the region in the last 30 years is not the Middle East. After the Iranian revolution in 1979, people wanted to copy this model in different countries; one of them is Saudi Arabia. We didn't know how to deal with it. And the problem spread all over the world.”

“We will not waste 30 years of our lives dealing with extremist ideas; we will destroy them today.”