Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

I cannot recognise either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. The Palestinians are idiots and the Israelis are idiots.

There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man’s duties in order to be...

I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.

There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet.

We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to the American people who suffered from this unexpected catastrophe and a new world war.

All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps.

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool!

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower...

Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency. Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom...

We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination.