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1. "Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

2. "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

3. "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

4. "Algeria is not breaking up." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

5. "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

6. "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

7. "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

8. "Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

9. "I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

10. "I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

11. "The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

12. "Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

13. "When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

14. "Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there." ~ Ahmed Ben Bella

15. "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

16. "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

17. "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

18. "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

19. "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

20. "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

21. "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

22. "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

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