corpus · 101 on file

Quotes

Every verified statement attributed to a politician or party in the dataset. Each carries a year, the context, and at least one source citation. The same corpus drives the Who-said-it game and the "On the record" sections on entity pages.

  • I am ready to go to the ends of the earth, even to the house of the Israelis themselves, to the Knesset itself, in order to bring peace to my people.
    إنني مستعد أن أذهب إلى آخر الدنيا، بل إلى بيت الإسرائيليين نفسه، إلى الكنيست نفسه، لأحقق السلام لشعبي.
    EG flag Anwar Sadat · 1977 November 9 1977 People's Assembly address that preceded by ten days the historic visit to Jerusalem — the rhetorical gesture that broke the regional taboo on direct negotiation. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com · en.wikiquote.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■□□□□
  • I have come to you so that together we may build a permanent, just peace — so that not a single drop of blood is shed from an Arab or Israeli body.
    لقد جئت إليكم لكي نبني معاً السلام الدائم، العادل، حتى لا تُراق نقطة دم واحدة من جسد عربي أو إسرائيلي.
    EG flag Anwar Sadat · 1977 Mission statement at the close of Sadat's 20 November 1977 Knesset address, after explicit rejection of a separate or partial Egyptian peace. Sources: palquest.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□
  • I have not spoken and will not speak with two tongues; I have not dealt and will not deal with two policies.
    إنني لم أتحدث ولن أتحدث بلُغَتَيْن، ولم أتعامل ولن أتعامل بسياستَيْن.
    EG flag Anwar Sadat · 1977 The second of Sadat's "five truths" — declaration of single-track diplomacy delivered at the Knesset, 20 November 1977. Sources: palquest.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
  • There is no happiness for anyone at the cost of others' misery.
    لا سعادة لأحد على حساب شقاء الآخرين.
    EG flag Anwar Sadat · 1977 The first of Sadat's "five truths" — opening principle of his 20 November 1977 Knesset address, the Egyptian peace initiative. Sources: palquest.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
  • He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.
    EG flag Anwar Sadat · 1977 From the 1977 autobiography In Search of Identity, on the psychology of political change. Sources: en.wikiquote.org Tier 3 — English secondary ■■■■□

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