Anwar Sadat Quotes

It Is Democracy I Am Really Suffering From As Much As I Am Suffering From The Opposition.

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.

Land Is Immortal, For It Harbors The Mysteries Of Creation.

To Damage The Sovereignty Of The Individual Is To Replace A Community Inspired By Love, Benevolence, And Beauty By Another Based Solely On Power.

I Have Realized That My Real Self Is A Greater Entity Than Any Possible Post Or Title.

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."

We Have Always Felt The Sympathy Of The World, But We Would Prefer The Respect Of The World To Sympathy Without Respect.

Two Places In This World Make It Impossible For A Man To Escape From Himself: A Battlefield And A Prison Cell.

If Human Values Were Relative, All Laws-whether Those Based On Revealed Religions Or Those Devised By Man-would Become Meaningless.

This [fundamentalism] Is Not Religion. It Is Obscenity. These Are Lies, The Criminal Use Of Religious Power To Misguide People.

Only When He Has Ceased To Need Things Can A Man Truly Be His Own Master And So Really Exist.