Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
AHMED BEN BELLAPeace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
More Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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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Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies.
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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 not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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