“The integrity of China was more important than [the people] in Tiananmen Square.”

— Muammar Gaddafi

Televised address to the nation, quoted in guardian.co.uk (22 February 2011) " Gaddafi urges violent showdown and tells Libya 'I'll die a martyr' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/22/muammar-gaddafi-urges-violent-showdown?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487" by Ian Black
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Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist 1942–2011

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