Family Quotes by Anwar Sadat

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

— Anwar Sadat

A mans village is his peace of mind.

— Anwar Sadat

My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change…

— Anwar Sadat

I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran.

— Anwar Sadat

Land is immortal, for it harbors the mysteries of creation.

— Anwar Sadat

I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the…

— Anwar Sadat

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

— Anwar Sadat

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

— Anwar Sadat

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

— Anwar Sadat

We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.

— Anwar Sadat

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

— Anwar Sadat

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

— Anwar Sadat