No representation of the people — representation is a falsehood. The mere existence of parliaments underlies the absence of the people, for democracy can only exist with the presence of the people and not in the presence of representatives of the people.
— Muammar Gaddafi Contemporary

Libyan dictator

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The Green Book

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1975

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Philosophical

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