--- title: "4 Leila Khaled Quotes - Famous Political activist (My people shall live)" description: "Leila Khaled is a Palestinian activist and former militant who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-leila-khaled-59450.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Leila Khaled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-leila-khaled-59450.jpg) # Leila Khaled (1944) Political Activist Lebanon **4** quotes in **54** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Leila Khaled is a political activist from Lebanon, best known for *My people shall live*. ## Quick Facts About Leila Khaled Born April 9, 1944 Nationality Lebanon Profession Political Activist Notable works My people shall live Spouse Fayez Rashid ## About Leila Khaled Leila Khaled is a Palestinian activist and former militant who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is famous for her role in two plane-hijackings, and was the second woman to be involved in such an operation. ## Quotes by Leila Khaled > [I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-khaled/i-have-learned-that-a-woman-can-be-a-fighter-a-freedom-fighter-a/) [Leila Khaled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-khaled/) [Activist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/leila-khaled-71929_activist_i-have-learned-that-a-woman-can-be-a-fig_616322.jpg) > [Who planted terrorism in our area? Some came and took our land, forced us to leave, forced us to live in camps.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-khaled/who-planted-terrorism-in-our-area-some-came-and-took-our-land-forced/) [Leila Khaled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-khaled/) [Areas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/areas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/leila-khaled-71929_areas_who-planted-terrorism-in-our-area-some-c_709553.jpg) > [Like Mahmoud Abbas. He is not gaining anything. He puts conditions and Israel ignores them. Israel doesn’t give him any hint that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-khaled/like-mahmoud-abbas-he-is-not-gaining-anything-he-puts-conditions-and/) [Leila Khaled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-khaled/) [Abba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/leila-khaled-71929_abba_like-mahmoud-abbas-he-is-not-gaining-any_1154136.jpg) > [I have a cause higher and nobler than my own, a cause to which all private interests and concerns must be subordinated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-khaled/i-have-a-cause-higher-and-nobler-than-my-own-a-cause-to-which-all/) [Leila Khaled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-khaled/) [Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/leila-khaled-71929_causes_i-have-a-cause-higher-and-nobler-than-my_2245674.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-khaled/#itemlist", "name": "Leila Khaled Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love and be loved. She can be married, have children, be a mother. 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They confined him in Muqata in one room and killed him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leila Khaled" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-khaled/like-mahmoud-abbas-he-is-not-gaining-anything-he-puts-conditions-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/leila-khaled-71929_abba_like-mahmoud-abbas-he-is-not-gaining-any_1154136.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/leila-khaled-71929_abba_like-mahmoud-abbas-he-is-not-gaining-any_1154136.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/leila-khaled-71929_abba_like-mahmoud-abbas-he-is-not-gaining-any_1154136.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like Mahmoud Abbas. He is not gaining anything. He puts conditions and Israel ignores them. 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