The world is divided into two parts: a part that is civilized and a part that is not civilized. And the civilized part is the one that is developed and the one that is advanced, and the one that is democratic.
— Muammar Gaddafi Contemporary

Libyan dictator

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Speech to the UN General Assembly

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2009

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Shocking

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https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/ga10865.doc.htm

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