Quotes By Oriana Fallaci

You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.

We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century.

I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

Heroes can be sweet.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!