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Ahmad Shah Massoud Quotes

1953–2001 Afghanistan

Ahmad Shah Massoud (c. September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001) was a prominent political figure in Afghanistan's recent history and played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan.

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If we stop fighting, terrorism will spread all over the world.

We will never be a pawn in someone else's game. We will always be Afghanistan.

Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda (2005)

I am ready to serve the people of Afghanistan, particularly in order to restore peace. I will be ready to assume any duty at the service of my people.

I am afraid to die sometimes, but God is the one to decide when a person dies. I want to live to the fullest until then.

If President Bush doesn't help us, these terrorists will damage the U.S. and Europe very soon.

The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. We have always been opposed to extremist tendencies of Islam and we still are. We have not stopped insisting on defending an Islam of tolerance which would be profitable to every Muslim, in Afghanistan and in the whole world, and we will always defend it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ahmad Shah Massoud (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.