Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel, March 26, 1979

"That's when we announced the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. By the way, not a word of it has been violated in the last 23 years. Sadat was the greatest foreign leader I had ever met. Honest, generous, trusted me maybe too much with Egypt's responsibilities and concerns. He and I never had any differences, and if he ever told me something I could depend on it for the rest of my life. I can say that I had great admiration for him. He and Begin despised each other. After the third day I realized I could not let them be in the same room together; it was a counterproductive effort, so for the last ten days we were at Camp David, Begin and Sadat never saw each other. I went back and forth between them. But this day was a love fest. You know, Begin had his arms around Sadat's neck, they were exchanging kisses, and it was a euphoric moment." - Jimmy Carter

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