The Lybian army is capable of destroying America and breaking its nose.

Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory!

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell.

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert and were uneducated: Mohammed, Jesus and myself.

To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act.

Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.

A woman has the right to run for election whether she's male or female!

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance.

We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting.

I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened

We feel through our minds, we live through our hearts, and we love through our eyes.

Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but the purpose remains the same and the forms are ours to make.

I never tell anyone what to take away from a movie.

I'm very relaxed. I have a family, I have a partner of 20 years, I have a wonderful life; nothing could be better.

If your meals consistently revolve around corpse multiple times daily, you might become one sooner than you planned.

Instead of building castles against your enemies, build bridges for them to come to you!

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

I've tried to consider stories that I have read, making them into films, but they would turn out unnatural. If a producer wants that, he should call other people. Not me.

I don't know if you've read the Bible, and if you haven't, I think you may be in a better place than those of us who have read it so much that it has become stale.