Anwar Sadat Quotes

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.

I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. That's why I have opposed Israel's settlement policy since 1973, and that's why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967.

We in Israel certainly have a great interest in seeing peace, stability, and security restored to Egypt. We want nothing more than peace for the Egyptian people. We're not going to get involved in how Egypt, how the Egyptians should run themselves. That's an internal Egyptian affair.

God puts no nation in supreme place which will not do supreme duty. God keeps no nation in supreme place which will not perform its supreme duty …

There can be no Arab-Israeli peace deal so long as outsiders want it more than the parties themselves

We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.

I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.

I do not mean that you could continue to do this with propriety or even with safety; I merely assert that the power is, in point of fact, in your hands. And for such a power, what a responsibility to God and man!

I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.

I would like to see real peace and a state of Israel living peacefully alongside a state of Palestine.

Jerusalem is ours as much as yours; indeed, it is even more sacred to us than to you.... Do not imagine that we can to you or compromise on this. The land belongs to us from the beginning, while you have only just arrived and have taken it over only because of the weakness of the Moslems living there at the time. God will not allow a single stone to be rebuilt as long as the war lasts. As for the cross, its ownership is a high card in our hands and it cannot be surrendered except in exchange for something of priceless benefit to all Islam.

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.

How have the past four years served Israel or the Palestinians? We want a solution for the sake of humanity.

We fought the Syrians 15 years to protect our independent decision-making and escape hegemony. Where's the independent decision? Is it with the Egyptian regime? Instead of going through Egypt, why don't we go through Syria? In Egypt we say our capital is Gaza, but in Damascus we say the capital of the Palestinian state is Jerusalem

We have said very clearly that we will never put down our arms while there is occupation and if one Palestinian prisoner remains in an Israeli jail.

No one man can give up the rebellion for any other man.

I hope you keep them.

We sit there because there is a war going on. But once we have peace we don’t want to be sitting on your Suez Canal.

Here on earth, God’s work is our own.

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.