"When others were building castles, I lived in a modest house, and in a tent. I never forgot my youth in Sirte, I did not spend our national treasury foolishly, and like Salah-al-Deen, our great Muslim…"

"I cannot recognise either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. The Palestinians are idiots and the Israelis are idiots."

"There are no elections in the Jamahiriya. There is no need for elections. The people govern directly."

"I am the voice of the voiceless."

"I am the one who brought democracy to Libya. I am the one who brought freedom to Libya."