Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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.”

“Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.”

“I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.”

“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.”

“I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”