"I will die as a martyr, a hero, a legend."

"Direct democracy, as opposed to representative or parliamentary democracy, is the best remedy for this problem."

"The international community is a tool of the imperialist powers."

"I am the one who brought water to the desert. I am the one who made the desert green."

"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…"