Muammar Al-Gaddafi Quotes

I have nothing to say to him [Ronald Reagan], because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog.

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

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

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

I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.

If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George Washington.

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool!

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

To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act.

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell.

Nothing would please me more, but who else would pump the oil that we need? God damn America.

Their ages are 17. They give them pills at night, they put hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee, their Nescafe.

The integrity of China was more important than [the people] in Tiananmen Square.

The Lybian army is capable of destroying America and breaking its nose.

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

Good morning, people of the U.N.

There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet.

A woman has the right to run for election whether she's male or female!

Africa is closer to me in every way than Iraq or Syria.

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

We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination.

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

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

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

We can call it Isratine.

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

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

We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting.

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

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