Country Quote by Hisham Matar

Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II.

— Elliott Abrams

My best hope is that Libya turns into a peaceful, sensible country that has all the things my father and lots of others have…

— Hisham Matar

I am a supporter of much of the Arab Spring, as a matter of indigenous self-determination. So, I see the United States' role in…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

There is an intention to colonise Libya. And this makes the Libyan people want to fight the new colonisation by the West.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

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

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

“In Libya, you are made aware the whole time of the abandonment of things, the material leftovers of receding cultures”

— Ronald Bruce St. John

Libya is a huge disaster.

— Pete Hoekstra

Libya faces along to the Mediterranean and had been effectively the cork in the bottle of Africa. So all problems, economic problems and civil…

— Julian Assange

We've seen what violent regime change looks like in Libya and the kind of chaos that can be unleashed. And, indeed, the kind of…

— Rex W. Tillerson

Libya is still a mess right now.

— Barack Obama

I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the…

— Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Once the U.S. and NATO walked away from Libya, a chaotic, lawless state in the soft underbelly of Europe arose.

— Pete Hoekstra