"Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power."

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"Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power."

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"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."

Politics, America, Fight, Freedom, Weapons

"I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech."

Age, Son, Poor

"I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America."

Politics, America

"Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia."

Army, Occupations, Years

"These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt."

Nation, Countries

"Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties."

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"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."

People, Army, Fight, First

"My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation."

Life, Country, Struggle

"It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime."

Nation, Countries, Help, Support

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

History, Years

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"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best."

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"One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out."

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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

John Acton, English Historian

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"India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it."

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"Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help."

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Power, Help, Rumor

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Lord Acton, British Historian

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