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

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

Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain similarities between him and me.

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

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

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.

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