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“…the real genius of Egypt has been one of peace… and its ambition has been to build not to destroy, to create not to annihilate, to coexist not to eliminate.”

Source: Nobel Peace Prize lecture, Oslo, 10 December 1978

Context In the Nobel lecture read in Oslo on his behalf, Sadat presented Egypt's history as that of a civilization of peace while treaty talks with Israel continued.

Portrait of Anwar Sadat
Anwar SadatEgypt · 1918–1981
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