ANWAR SADAT

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

As we really and truly seek peace we really and truly welcome you to live among us in peace and security.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land.

After long thinking, I was convinced that the obligation of responsibility before God and before the people make it incumbent upon me that I should go to the far corners of the world, even to Jerusalem to address members of the Knesset and acquaint them with all the facts surging in me, then I would let you decide for yourselves....

No one can build his happiness at the expense of the misery of others

I am dealing with fanaticism.

This is not religion. This is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people.

I am willing to go anywhere. Israel will be surprised to hear that I am willing to go to the Knesset itself and negotiate with them.

We believe in our destiny. We do not shrink from any sacrifice.

Ladies and gentlemen, there are moments in the lives of nations and peoples when it is incumbent upon those known for their wisdom and clarity of vision to survey the problem, with all its complexities and vain memories, in a bold drive towards new horizons.

5000 out of 42 million Egyptians oppose the peace treaty with Israel.

Any life lost in war is the life of a human being irrespective of whether it is an Arab of an Israeli.

We must achieve peace because it's the only way to build this nation

As long as I live here, I shall be defending my country, my Arab colleagues, anyone in the area against any foreign interference. For that I am asking for arms for my country and for my colleagues in the Arab world.

Whatever the time or circumstances, the feeling that I am a peasant gives me a rare self-sufficiency. Indeed, the land is always there. I can go back to it at any time.

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."

To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy.

If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.