For a hundred years we have been one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world but with a 60 percent poverty rate and now we are canceling the historical debt.

I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.

I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich.

The ones who close the path for peacefull revolution, at the same time open the path for violent revolution.

Latin Americans have gotten tired of the Washington consensus - a neoliberalism that has aggravated misery and poverty.

We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.

We shall remember Gaddafi our whole lives as a great fighter, a revolutionary and a martyr.