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Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

Muammar al-Gaddafi

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Muammar al-Gaddafi
Age: 69 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 7
Died: 2011
Died: October 20
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City of Winds
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi
Colonel Gaddafi
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Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi
Muʿammar al-Gaddafi
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Muʿammar al-Qaddafi
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