#algeria

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

#army #disappear #done #far #gone

In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#already #begun #certain #dream #dreamed

Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#arab #arab countries #because #countries #egypt

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 #beginning #capitalist #development #finally

The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#french #lasted #long #long time #time

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

#america #arranged #came #combatants #created

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

#army #created #fight #first #five

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

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#algerian #am #born #i #i am

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

#am #father #i #i am #proud

Algeria is not breaking up. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#breaking #breaking up #up