Muammar Gaddafi Quotes

“A woman has the right to run for election whether she's male or female!”

“All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert and were uneducated: Mohammed, Jesus and myself.”

“All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps.”

“Boxing and wrestling are evidence that mankind has not rid itself of all savage behavior.”

“Britain no longer exists. It is a trace of what it used to be.”

“Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory!”

“I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.”

“I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.”

“I am defending the Jews to prevent them from becoming extinct, because they are doomed to become extinct if they continue this way...

I am convinced that the solution is to establish a democratic state for the Jews and the Palestinians, a state that will be called Palestine, Isratine, or whatever they want.

This is the fundamental solution, or else the Jews will be annihilated in the future, because the Palestinians have strategic depth.”

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

“I have nothing but scorn for the notion of an Islamic bomb. There is no such thing as an Islamic bomb or a Christian bomb. Any such weapon is a means of terrorizing humanity, and we are against the manufacture and acquisition of nuclear weapons. This is in line with our definition of – and opposition to – terrorism.”

“I have said to you before that even if Libya and the United States enter into war, God forbid, you will always remain my son, and I have all the love for you as a son, and I do not want your image to change with me.”

“I think Americans are good, but America will be taken over and destroyed from the inside by the Zionist lobby. The Americans do not see this. They are getting decadent. Zionists will use this to destroy them.”

“I won't be a party to a conspiracy to mobilize the Arabs against the Persians. Only the forces of colonialism benefit from such a conspiracy. I won't be a party to a conspiracy that splits Islam into two – Shiite Islam and Sunni Islam – mobilizing Sunni Islam against Shiite Islam.”

“If a community of people wears white on a mournful occasion and another dresses in black, then one community would like white and dislike black and the other would like black and dislike white. Moreover, this attitude leaves a physical effect on the cells as well as on the genes in the body.”

“If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George Washington.”

“In the Middle East, the opposition is quite different than the opposition in advanced countries. In our countries, the opposition takes the form of explosions, assassinations, killings.”

“Irrespective of the conflict with America it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them at these horrifying and awesome events which are bound to awaken human conscience.”

“Israel is a colonialist-imperialist phenomenon. There is no such thing as an Israeli people. Before 1948, world geography knew of no state such as Israel. Israel is the result of an invasion, of aggression.”

“Let the free people of the world know that we could have bargained over and sold out our cause in return for a personal secure and stable life. We received many offers to this effect but we chose to be at the vanguard of the confrontation as a badge of duty and honour.”

“Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain similarities between him and me.”

“Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.”

“Nothing would please me more, but who else would pump the oil that we need? God damn America.”

“Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell.”

“Somali maritime violence is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a piracy, it is self defence. It is defending the Somalia children's food.”

“The black people's struggle has vanquished racism. It was God who created colour. Today Obama, a son of Kenya, a son of Africa, has made it in the United States of America.”

“The integrity of China was more important than the people in Tiananmen Square.”

“The Lybian army is capable of destroying America and breaking its nose.”

“The man who carried out the attack is still in power and still insane, so we shall expect another attack any minute.”

“The type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance.”