Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970) second president of Egypt
Stephens, Robert Henry (1972), Nasser: A Political Biography, New York
“I am alive, and even if I die, all of you are Gamal Abdul Nasser!”
To his followers during the assassination attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood, as quoted in The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
Context: Let them kill Nasser! What is Nasser but one among many? I am alive, and even if I die, all of you are Gamal Abdul Nasser!
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