I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
AHMED BEN BELLAYes, 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.
More Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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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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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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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