Dictatorship Quote by Hisham Matar

For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited…

— Barack Obama

I do not honestly know what is really happening in Libya at the moment but it must be very hard for Gaddafi and his…

— El Hadji Diouf

Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along…

— Barack Obama

Like most dictators, Col Gaddafi detests the metropolis. His vision of Libya is a kind of Bedouin romantic medievalism, suspicious of universities, theatres, galleries…

— Hisham Matar

I think that it’s premature to call Libya a democracy because political order is still so fragile there and the command by the state…

— Larry Diamond

One of the things that has been very difficult in Libya is the sense of uncertainty - the sense that they haven't actually finished…

— Fareed Zakaria

We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. In…

— Paolo Gentiloni

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

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

Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos the Jackal…

— Noam Chomsky

Faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the Libyan people, the United States and our friends and allies…

— Barack Obama

Libyans have to work together for a new Libya. They should keep in place the sinews of security.

— Andrew Mitchell