Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator

Contemporary influential 268 sayings

Sayings by Muammar Gaddafi

Black people, the world over, are the original human race. The white race, the other races, are just an evolution of the black race.

2002 — Speech to the Organization of African Unity, Addis Ababa
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America is a terrorist state. It is a nation of terrorists.

1986 — Interview with CNN
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There are no elections in the Jamahiriya. There is no need for elections. The people govern directly.

2009 — Interview with BBC
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The United Nations Security Council is a terror council. It should be called the Terror Council.

2009 — Speech to the UN General Assembly
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I will die as a martyr, a hero, a legend.

2011 — Speech to supporters in Tripoli
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There is no state with a constitution, only constitutions for states. The constitution is the law of society, not the law of the state.

1975 — The Green Book, Chapter 1: The Solution of the Problem of the Instrument of Governing
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The world will never be truly free until Palestine is liberated.

Frequent theme throughout his career — Various speeches and interviews
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Democracy is the dictatorship of the majority over the minority.

1975 — The Green Book, Chapter 1: The Solution of the Problem of the Instrument of Governing
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I am a Bedouin, and I will die a Bedouin.

2011 — Interview with Al Jazeera
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The Arabs are a great nation, but they are sleeping.

Frequent theme throughout his career — Various speeches and interviews
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The direct popular conference is the only means of popular democracy.

1975 — The Green Book, Chapter 1: The Solution of the Problem of the Instrument of Governing
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The international community is a joke. It's a club of big powers.

2009 — Speech to the UN General Assembly
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The African continent is the future of the world.

2009 — Speech to the African Union
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The world is divided into two parts: the oppressors and the oppressed.

Frequent theme throughout his career — Various speeches and interviews
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I am a revolutionary. I am a fighter. I will never surrender.

2011 — Speech to supporters in Tripoli
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The solution to the world's problems is the Third Universal Theory.

1975 — The Green Book, Introduction
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The capitalists are vampires. They suck the blood of the people.

Frequent theme throughout his career — Various speeches and interviews
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The oil belongs to the people, not to the companies.

1973 — Speech on nationalization of oil
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The day will come when the whole world will be a Jamahiriya.

Frequent theme throughout his career — Various speeches and interviews
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The United States is an imperialist power. It wants to dominate the world.

Frequent theme throughout his career — Various speeches and interviews
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