Quotes from Gamal Abdel Nasser

Events are not a matter of chance.

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

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.

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

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

Everyone have power of brain but people don't know correctly time of usage. winner just know when, where & how to usage it.

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

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.

People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.

Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight.

People do not want words-they want the sound of battle ... the battle of destiny.

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them -which- we are missing.

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.

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

what has been taken by power can not be returned without power./or can be only returned by power.

We will not accept any...coexistence with Israel...Today the issue is not the establishment of peace between the Arab states and Israel....The war with Israel is in effect since 1948.

We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood

I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.

Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing.

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.