It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy. Ahmed Ben Bella Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers. Ahmed Ben Bella Read Quote
I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions. Ahmed Ben Bella Read Quote
Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there. Ahmed Ben Bella Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
