Velupillai Prabhakaran
Velupillai Prabhakaran was the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam during the Sri Lankan Civil War until his death in 2009.
Quotes
[edit]Reflections of the Leader
[edit]- Nature is my friend, life is my philosopher, and history is my guide
- If one is determined to die for the truth, even a common man can create history.
- Either we like it or not, our struggle indeed has become our life and our life indeed has become our struggle.
- I know that a life has high value, but our rights, our independence, our honour have a higher value than life.
- Before words must always be deeds. By deeds alone we have got our influence.
- Traitors are more dangerous than enemies.
Speeches and Interviews
[edit]- We are fully aware that the world is not rotating on the axis of human justice... It is economic and trade interests that determine the order of the present world, not the moral law of justice.
- 1993 Heroes Day Speech
- People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.
- 2007 Heroes’ Day Speech
- What you have to assess is whether you have the will to fight.[1]
- A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication.[2]
- Fear is the outcome of weakness, a coward’s friend, an enemy of firmness. Fear of death is the cause of all human fears. One who wins the fear of death wins himself. He is the one who wins the freedom from his mental prison.