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.
Source: To Parliament 6 Nov 69
-- Gamal Abdel Nasser, (Jan 15 1918-1970), Egptian president, army officer, prime minister; He was the controversial leader of the Arab world who created the short-lived United Arab Republic (1958-61), and lost 2 wars with Israel (1956, 67).