(6 quotes found)
“A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away”
Caroline Norton
“I think they were watching the movie 'Patton' when they should have been watching 'The Battle of Algiers' about urban insurgency. I'm a Vietnam-era journalist. I think most journalists were appalled as we moved toward war in Iraq. The worst mistake this administration made was not about weapons of mass destruction. It was the administration's view that we'd be welcomed as the great liberator.”
David Halberstam
“Battle of Algiers.”
Stephen Gaghan
“everything you hoped to happen is happening. Algiers is alive and well and breathing.”
Ray Nagin
“The OAU process got stalled in Algiers about a week ago .... It didn't collapse so much as it was suspended without progress.”
Richard Holbrooke
“He does not have the right to interpret the Algiers agreement or to question the judgement of the boundary commission.”
Yemane Gebremeskel
