“I am convinced that we owe it to this generation and the generations to come, not to leave a stone unturned in our pursuit of peace.”
[Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Anwar, Sadat, Nobel Prize Ceremony, Stockholm, December 10, 1978, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1978/al-sadat/lecture/, October 9, 2018]
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