Muammar al-Gaddafi

We put our fingers in the eyes of those who doubt that Libya is ruled by anyone other than its people.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

We can call it Isratine.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

I was a hardliner with regard to colonialism, which had occupied Africa and large parts of the world. We were waging an…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

We can export terrorism. We can assassinate and set fires inside the territory of the United States as it did to all…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Irrespective of the conflict with America it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

I think Americans are good, but America will be taken over and destroyed from the inside by the Zionist lobby. The Americans…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

We [Libyans] support the Palestinian resistance, and all the world supports this. We support their just cause, but we are against terrorism.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

For 40 years, I have not been the ruler - the authority has been with the people. They take nothing from me…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

[Somali maritime violence] is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Popular congresses are the only means to achieve popular democracy. Any system of government other than popular congresses is undemocratic.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Israel is a colonialist-imperialist phenomenon. There is no such thing as an Israeli people. Before 1948, world geography knew of no state…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

The world doesn't understand the system here. The authority of the people. You don't understand it.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi