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

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance.

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

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

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

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