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

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About Anwar Sadat

Egyptian military officer and politician who served as Egypts president from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. He shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Camp David Accords and the Egypt-Israel peace process. His presidency marked a major realignment of Egyptian foreign policy.

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