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“Today, citizens, we say: this is our money, returned to us. These are our rights, about which we kept silent, come back to us.”
Source: Speech nationalizing the Suez Canal, Alexandria, 26 July 1956 (translated from Arabic)
Context At a mass rally in Alexandria for the revolution's anniversary, he announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, a week after the US withdrew its offer to fund the Aswan High Dam.
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