Muammar Gaddafi SBS Dateline (8 October 2003) «The New Libya»
«There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet»
Muammar Gaddafi Video lecture at Columbia University (23 March 2006), quoted in BBC News (23 March 2006) Gaddafi gives lesson on democracy.
«The black people’s struggle has vanquished racism. It was God who created colour. Today Obama, a son of Kenya, a son of Africa, has made it in the United States of America»
Muammar Gaddafi Closing remarks at the African Union summit (4 February 2009), quoted in RFI English (4 February 2009) «Kadhafi closes AU summit, division over plans for „United States of Africa“» http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/110/article_2801.asp by ZeenatHansrod
«Reagan is mad. If he were here, I would tell him the truth about us. He hears about us only through hostile sources»
Muammar Gaddafi Remarks quoted in The Pittsburgh Press (3 August 1986) «Gadhafi, the man the world loves to hate» by Marie Colvin (UPI)
«When I met Nasser, he said to me, „I see myself when I was young in you. You are the future for the Arab revolution.“ This meant very, very much to me»
Muammar Gaddafi The Pittsburgh Press (3 August 1986) «Gadhafi, the man the world loves to hate» by Marie Colvin (UPI)
«I have nothing but scorn for the notion of an Islamic bomb. There is no such thing as an Islamic bomb or a Christian bomb. Any such weapon is a means of terrorizing humanity, and we are against the manufacture and acquisition of nuclear weapons. This is in line with our definition of — and opposition to — terrorism»
Muammar Gaddafi Time (8 June 1981) «An Interview with Gaddafi» http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922551-2,00.html
«The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency. Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money»
Muammar Gaddafi Remarks (2003), quoted in Nonproliferation Norms (2009) by Maria RostRublee, p. 161
«Did Libya invade Italy or was it Italy that invaded Libya? You attack us now as you did then. In other ways, with other systems, by supporting Israel, opposing Arab unity and our revolutions, frowning on Islam and calling us fanatics. We’ve been too patient with you. We’ve put up with your provocation for too long. If we hadn’t been so wise, we would have gone to war with you a thousand times. We didn’t because we think the use of force is a last resort for survival and because we have always been on the side of civilisation. After all, during the Middle Ages we civilised you. You were poor barbarians, primitive, savage creatures»
