Oriana Fallaci Quotes

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

Husband, Woman, Poor

Europe is no longer Europe, it is Eurabia, a colony of Islam, where the Islamic invasion does not proceed only in a physical sense, but also in a mental and cultural sense.
Oriana Fallaci

Islam, Sense, Longer

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.
Oriana Fallaci

Power, Leader, Whether

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.
Oriana Fallaci

Why, Vote, Voting

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.
Oriana Fallaci

Mother, Him, Choose

I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.
Oriana Fallaci

Born, Miracle, Toward

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.
Oriana Fallaci

Try, Culture, Values

I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.
Oriana Fallaci

Italians, Disgusted, Europeans

I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.
Oriana Fallaci

Politics, Writing, Sacrifice

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
Oriana Fallaci

Great, Courage, Moral

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

Give, Moment, Dead

You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
Oriana Fallaci

Past, Cannot, Survive

Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is.
Oriana Fallaci

Time, Him, Lies

Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?
Oriana Fallaci

War, Thought, Everyone

How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!
Oriana Fallaci

Remember, Ask, Dare

I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
Oriana Fallaci

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.
Oriana Fallaci

Religion, Truth, True

I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
Oriana Fallaci

Life, Religion, Freedom

I defend Israel's right to exist, to defend themselves, to not let themselves be exterminated a second time.
Oriana Fallaci

Time, Themselves, Second

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
Oriana Fallaci

Art, Glory, Rare

Heroes can be sweet.
Oriana Fallaci

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

True, Simple, Same

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

Wanted, Capable, Tyrant

I don't want to hear about my death.
Oriana Fallaci

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.
Oriana Fallaci

Alone, Read, Less

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Journalist

Born: July 24, 1929

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