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Colonialism is an idea born i...

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

I can say now: all the combat...

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. We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

From their point of view, I h...

From their point of view, I had gone too far. I had to disappear. That is to say, if the Algerian army had not overthrown me, others would have done so.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

These are the multinationals,...

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.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

Everywhere that the struggle ...

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.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

When someone came to ask us f...

When someone came to ask us for help, it was sacred. We did not even think twice. We helped them, even if we had only meagre means; we offered them arms, a little bit of money, and in occasion, men.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

Peace does not include a vend...

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

In the past, we spoke of pove...

In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

It's with them that we have c...

It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

It is obvious that taking the...

It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

In two years, there were 22 m...

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.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

The French colonisation of Al...

The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

My life has been a bit specia...

My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

Algeria was therefore only th...

Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

Che came in 1963, shortly aft...

Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

Yes, my life is a life of com...

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. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

The liberation movement which...

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. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

I am the son of poor peasants...

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.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

The liberation movement which...

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. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

Peace does not include a vende...

Peace does not include a vendetta there will be neither winners nor losers.

Ahmed Ben Bella 31 quotes

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