Mohamed Al-Fayed

"[On wanting to become Britains PM] If I have British passport - why not? This is my country now. And I am very popular. I have a warehouse full of letters of support. You can see them."

"I love Britain. . . Ethics and morals count in Britain like nowhere else in the world."

"[On religion] When we die, our souls still live. If you are a gangster or a bastard or a crook your soul inhabits a donkey or something terrible."

"The fact is that if you talk to the people who actually knew him, who worked for him, who were his customers, they have a completely different view from people who sit in ivory towers and take pot shots at him."

"When Francesca Bettermann was hired, she had to take an H.I.V. test—women working close to the chairman had to undergo full internal exams and be grilled on their entire gynecological histories—and her handwriting was analyzed."

"If this planet lasts for another thousand years people will still be talking about the terrible event we are now living through."

"I am not resting until I die. I am not doing this for myself, but for the country."

"I am not talking to you, you are bloody idiot, you are part of the establishment, you work for MI6."

"Fayed did not want the facts of his background and his take-over of Harrods to come out. He bribed politicians to try to ensure a cover-up. When that failed, and the damning DTI report was finally published, Fayed became angry because his bribes had not worked."

"All these matters mean, you may think, that Mr al-Fayeds appreciation of what is fact and what is fiction and what is truth and what is fantasy is warped."

"For evidence of his vengefulness, look no further than his exposure of Neil Hamilton and the other MPs embroiled in the cash-for-questions scandal, and his subsequent pursuit of Jonathan Aitken. This was not a principled stand against corruption, for he was the self-confessed corrupter. It was, rather, an act of straightforward revenge, during which it became plain that he had kept all the necessary documentation to prove his allegations."

"They are the main two. I dont think the Queen is important. The Duke of Edinburgh runs the country behind the scenes; he is the actual head of the Royal Family."