It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy.
AHMED BEN BELLAI’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
More Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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 spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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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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At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
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