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.

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.

Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

Might have been a time when I loved her too but you take that away and you'll always be the one.

Generally I'm wide open to people; I love helping them in any way I possibly can. But for me to invest, a business has to have a lot of creative scale; it has to be unique.

I realize that as quick as you go up, you can really come down that quick. And we've seen it happen with others.

Money can't buy me love.

Adultery is the injury of nature.

To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler

Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs.