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.

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

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

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

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

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever.

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