Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser Husseinwas the second President of Egypt, serving from 1956 until his death. Nasser led the 1952 overthrow of the monarchy and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member acting on his own, he cracked down on the organization, put President Muhammad Naguib under house arrest, and assumed executive office, officially becoming president in June 1956...
NationalityEgyptian
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth15 January 1918
CountryEgypt
I believe that we now have a duty to remove the aggressor from our land and to regain the Arab territory occupied by the Israelis. We can then engage in a clandestine struggle to liberate the land of Palestine, to liberate Haifa and Jaffa.
They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
Events are not a matter of chance.
If the refugees return to Israel, Israel will cease to exist.
We must fight our way to victory on a sea of blood and a horizon of fire.
We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood
We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.
I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.
Fate does not play jokes.
We are awaiting aggression by Israel and any supporters of Israel. We will make it a decisive battle and get rid of Israel once and for all... This is the dream of every Arab.
The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not of more declarations.
He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision
The age of isolation is gone. And gone are the days in which barbed wire served as demarcation lines, separating and isolating countries from one another. No country can escape looking beyond its boundaries to find the source of the currents which influence how it can live with others.
Within the Arab circle there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero. For some reason it seems to me that this role is beckoning to us-to move, to take up its lines, put on its costumes and give it life. Indeed, we are the only ones who can play it. The role is to spark the tremendous latent strengths in the region surrounding us to create a great power, which will then rise up to a level of dignity and undertake a positive part in building the future of mankind.