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title: "3 Michel Aflaq Quotes - Famous Politician"
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# Michel Aflaq

(1910–1989)   Politician

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Michel Aflaq was a politician.

## Quick Facts About Michel Aflaq

Born January 1, 1910

Died June 23, 1989

Profession Politician

## About Michel Aflaq

Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist (1910–1989)... \| Michel Aflaq was a Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and its political movement; he is considered by several Ba'athists to be the principal founder of Ba'athist thought. Aflaq published various books during his l

##  Quotes by Michel Aflaq

> [Europe is as fearful of Islam today as she has been in the past. She now knows that the strength of Islam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-aflaq/europe-is-as-fearful-of-islam-today-as-she-has-been-in-the-past-she/)

[Michel Aflaq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-aflaq/)

[Europe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/europe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/michel-aflaq-82422_europe_europe-is-as-fearful-of-islam-today-as-s_1406223.jpg)

> [We did not adopt socialism out of books, abstractions, humanism, or pity, but rather out of need for the Arab working class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-aflaq/we-did-not-adopt-socialism-out-of-books-abstractions-humanism-or-pity/)

[Michel Aflaq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-aflaq/)

[Abstraction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstraction/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/michel-aflaq-82422_abstraction_we-did-not-adopt-socialism-out-of-books_2132978.jpg)

> [A day will come when the nationalists will find themselves the only defenders of Islam. They will have to give a special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-aflaq/a-day-will-come-when-the-nationalists-will-find-themselves-the-only/)

[Michel Aflaq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-aflaq/)

[Defenders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defenders/)

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