Anwar Sadat

Statesman

1918-12-25 – 1981-10-06

Egyptian military officer and politician who served as Egypts president from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. He shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Camp David Accords and the Egypt-Israel peace process. His presidency marked a major realignment of Egyptian foreign policy.

Quotes by Anwar Sadat

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.
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Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.
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My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never, therefore, make any progress.
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Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our problems through negotiations around the table rather than starting war.
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It is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition.
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Peace is much more precious than a piece of land.
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We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.
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