Muammar Gaddafi:

I am the one who abolished slavery in Libya. I am the one who gave women their rights.

— Muammar Gaddafi Contemporary

Libyan dictator

Context

Speech to the UN General Assembly

Date / Period

2009

Source

https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/ga10862.doc.htm

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