Gamal Abdel Nasser quotes

Gamal Abdel Nasser was an Egyptian military officer and statesman, who served as President of Egypt and was a leading figure in the Arab world. His policies of pan-Arab nationalism, socialism, and modernization shaped Egypt's political landscape in the mid-20th century. He became a symbol of anti-colonialism and inspired movements for independence across the region. Here are 23 of his quotes:

Our path to Palestine will not be covered with a red carpet or with yellow sand. Our path to Palestine will be covered with blood... In order that we may liberate Palestine, the Arab nation must unite, the Arab armies must unite, and a unified plan of action must be established.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

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.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

We must fight our way to victory on a sea of blood and a horizon of fire.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

If the refugees return to Israel - Israel will cease to exist.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

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.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

No person, not even the most simple one, takes seriously the lie of the six million Jews that were murdered [in the Holocaust].

Gamal Abdel Nasser

You are from Britain. Would you accept to give Manchester to some other people? And if you are American, I ask the same way, do you accept to give California to some other people? Or would you accept the 'status quo' of occupying Manchester by some other people, by the Chinese for instance? And then reach agreement after expelling the people of Manchester from their homes, depriving them of their property, of everything? This is the question of Palestine.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Events are not a matter of chance.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

If the Jews win this battle, then the Arabs had better go bury their faces in the mud!

Gamal Abdel Nasser

The holy march on which the Arab nation insists, will carry us forward from one victory to another ... the flag of freedom which flies over Baghdad today will fly over Amman and Riyadh. Yes, the flag of freedom which flies over Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad today will fly over the rest of the Middle East.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

We knew that by closing the Gulf of Aqaba it might mean war with Israel. [If war comes] it will be total and the objective will be to destroy Israel.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

If anyone thinks we have become tired, let me say that we are a struggling nation, a fighting nation, a patient nation.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

My countrymen, my blood spills for you and for Egypt. I will live for your sake and die for the sake of your freedom and honor. Let them kill me; it does not concern me so long as I have instilled pride, honor, and freedom in you. If Gamal Abdel Nasser should die, each of you shall be Gamal Abdel Nasser ... Gamal Abdel Nasser is of you and from you and he is willing to sacrifice his life for the nation.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

I am alive, and even if I die, all of you are Gamal Abdul Nasser!

Gamal Abdel Nasser