Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
AHMED BEN BELLALet us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
More Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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I’m optimistic because I’m pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.
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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all.
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I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it’s from there that all those who fought left.
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Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries – like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain – to occupy countries outside of Europe.
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Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16.
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These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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