Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator

Contemporary influential 268 sayings

Sayings by Muammar Gaddafi

The revolution is a continuous process. It never ends.

2011 — Speech to supporters in Tripoli
Controversial Unverifiable

The history of humanity is the history of struggle between the strong and the weak.

1979 — The Green Book, Chapter 3: The Social Basis of the Third Universal Theory
Controversial Unverifiable

The world needs to get rid of the United Nations. It's a useless organization.

2009 — Speech to the UN General Assembly
Controversial Unverifiable

The time of the superpowers is over. The time of the people has come.

Frequent theme throughout his career — Various speeches and interviews
Controversial Unverifiable

I am the leader of the revolution until the end of time.

2010 — Speech to supporters
Controversial Unverifiable

Libya is my home, and I will die here.

2011 — Interview before Libyan uprising
Controversial Unverifiable

I am the king of kings of Africa.

2009 — Speech at African Union summit
Controversial Unverifiable

Democracy is the dictatorship of the majority.

2007 — Interview with Western media
Controversial Unverifiable

Switzerland should be dissolved and divided among its neighbors.

2010 — Speech at Arab League summit
Controversial Unverifiable

I am not a president or a king. I am a revolutionary.

2011 — Interview with Al Jazeera
Controversial Unverifiable

The people who are against me are rats and drug addicts.

2011 — Speech during Libyan uprising
Controversial Unverifiable

I will fight until the last bullet.

2011 — Statement during Libyan civil war
Controversial Unverifiable

I am a Bedouin. I am not a city dweller. I live in a tent. I do not have a palace. I have a tent. I live in a tent.

2011 — Interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour
Humorous Unverifiable

Obama is a good man. But sometimes he is like a child.

2009 — Interview with the BBC
Humorous Unverifiable

I am a leader, not a president. I am a spiritual leader. I am a leader of a revolution.

2009 — Speech at the African Union summit
Humorous Unverifiable

I am the international leader of the revolution. I am the leader of the world.

2011 — Speech to supporters in Tripoli
Humorous Unverifiable

I am not a dictator. I am a guide. I am a symbol.

2011 — Interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera
Humorous Unverifiable

I have no power. I am just a symbolic leader. I am just a figurehead.

2009 — Interview with Russian TV channel RT
Humorous Unverifiable

I am not the one who is crazy. It is the world that is crazy.

2009 — Speech to the UN General Assembly
Humorous Unverifiable

I want to be remembered as the leader who unified Africa.

2010 — Interview with Al Jazeera
Humorous Unverifiable