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.
Gamal Abdel NasserOur basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight.
Gamal Abdel NasserPeople do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.
Gamal Abdel NasserFate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing.
Gamal Abdel NasserEveryone have power of brain but people don't know correctly time of usage. winner just know when, where & how to usage it.
Gamal Abdel NasserWe're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.
Gamal Abdel NasserWe 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 NasserThe armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not of more declarations.
Gamal Abdel NasserPower is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.
Gamal Abdel NasserThe age of isolation is gone. And gone are the days in which barbed wire served as demarcation lines, separating and isolating countries from one another. No country can escape looking beyond its boundaries to find the source of the currents which influence how it can live with others.
Gamal Abdel NasserWithin the Arab circle there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero. For some reason it seems to me that this role is beckoning to us-to move, to take up its lines, put on its costumes and give it life. Indeed, we are the only ones who can play it. The role is to spark the tremendous latent strengths in the region surrounding us to create a great power, which will then rise up to a level of dignity and undertake a positive part in building the future of mankind.
Gamal Abdel NasserThe 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.
Gamal Abdel Nasser