Velupillai Prabhakaran Quotes

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication.

If the Sri Lankan government resorts to state oppression against the Tamils and Muslims, then we will fight.

If somebody trusts me, then I will reciprocate.

If I am cheated or betrayed, I will react.

People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.

India deliberately aggravated Sri Lanka's ethnic crisis. It destabilized Sri Lanka [by training and arming Tamil militants, including the Tigers] so that it could play a dominant role in bringing Sri Lanka within its sphere of influence.

India claimed to have intervened in Sri Lanka to secure Tamil interests. In actual fact, India came to secure its own interests.

What you have to assess is whether you have the will to fight.

Through the intensive aspiration of the human soul arises in man the desire for independence.

All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of sorrow.

I have gained self-confidence, courage and the support of my people.

When I was deciding to fight, the thought of winning or losing didn't bother me.

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.