Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes

• 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

  Past, Poverty, Misery

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Unity, May, Littles

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

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Doe, Loser, Winner

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• 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

  Fighting, Army, Organization

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Country, Europe, Ideas

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Latin, America, Movement

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Country, Struggle, Horizon

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Country, War, Easy

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

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Party, Different, Leftists

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Marxist, Left

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Parent, Algeria, Life Is

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. 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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Country, Fighting, Government

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Thinking, People, Support

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• 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

  Algeria, Development, Capitalist

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Military, Years, Two

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Military, Islamic, Optimistic

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• 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

  Motivation, Years, Single Life

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• I spent 24 and a half years in prison

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Years, Half, Prison

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

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Action, Conviction, Left

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Country, Egypt, Groups

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Fighting, America, Algeria

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Army, Years, Colonialism

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• 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

  Country, Struggle, Special

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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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.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Son, Cities, Age

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• Algeria is not breaking up.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Break Up, Algeria, Breaking Promises

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