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.
AHMED BEN BELLAThese 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.
More Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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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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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy.
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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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In two years, there were 22 military coups d’etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d’etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.
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I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
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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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