Muammar Gaddafi — "I have created a Utopia here in Libya."

"I am a man of peace, but I will not hesitate to defend my country with force if necessary."

"Now, I am under attack by the biggest force in military history, my little African son, Obama wants to kill me, to take away the freedom of our country, to take away our free housing, our free medicin…"

"Women are human beings and men are also human beings. But... men and women are not equal."

"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…"

"[Abraham] Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain similarities between him and me."