Cohesion Quote by Hisham Matar

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

— Ronald Bruce St. John

“The first and oldest of these traditions is tribe-like politics. I use the term “tribe-like” to refer to a pre-modern form of political interaction…

— Thomas L. Friedman

What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's…

— Seth Godin

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

What I've discovered is that from football fans to undertakers, secret agents to marble-players and politicians, we all are part of at least one…

— Susie Dent

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

“It is clear, then, that the Amorites of Canaan belonged to the same white race as the Libyans of Northern Africa, and like them…

— A. H. SAYCE

It's not just human nature to associate in tribes. It's deeper than that.

— Jordan Peterson

Audacity, hope, courage - the Libyans have these in abundance. But all those boring little things - like organization, building a committee - is…

— Hisham Matar

“Although the emotional and intellectual differences between the world’s peoples as individuals are slight enough, even a small shift in social behavior can generate…

— Nicholas Wade

The core of common culture is religion. Tribes survive and flourish because they have gods, who fuse many wills into a single will, and…

— Roger Scruton

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