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> [“The regime's policies, whether intentionally or unintentionally, had engendered a sharp divide between Muslims and Christians, in spite of the fact that generations of Muslims and Coptic Christians had lived together peacefully in the past. The regime was good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/the-regime-s-policies-whether-intentionally-or-unintentionally-had/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

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## More by Wael Ghonim

> [ Our revolution is like Wikipedia, okay? Everyone is contributing content, \[but\] you don't know the names of the people contributing the content. This is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/our-revolution-is-like-wikipedia-okay-everyone-is-contributing/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [Khaled Said was a young man just like me, and what happened to him could have happened to me,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/khaled-said-was-a-young-man-just-like-me-and-what-happened-to-him/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [“The regime's policies, whether intentionally or unintentionally, had engendered a sharp divide between Muslims and Christians, in spite of the fact that generations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/the-regime-s-policies-whether-intentionally-or-unintentionally-had/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [“Mubarak was so paranoid that anyone he perceived as competent became a threat to him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/mubarak-was-so-paranoid-that-anyone-he-perceived-as-competent-became/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [“(State Security may not have been full of computer geniuses, but still, I had to be careful).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/state-security-may-not-have-been-full-of-computer-geniuses-but-still/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [“The Internet is not a virtual world inhabited by avatars. It is a means of communication that offers people in the physical world a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/the-internet-is-not-a-virtual-world-inhabited-by-avatars-it-is-a/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/no-one-was-a-hero-because-everyone-was-a-hero/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/the-power-of-the-people-is-much-stronger-than-the-people-in-power/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [“Huge numbers of people decided to take to the streets, some for no other reason than just to find out what was happening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/huge-numbers-of-people-decided-to-take-to-the-streets-some-for-no/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [“I stressed that I did not want to be treated like a hero. I was only one member of the revolutionary masses who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/i-stressed-that-i-did-not-want-to-be-treated-like-a-hero-i-was-only/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/as-an-egyptian-i-was-always-frustrated-just-like-many-young-egyptians/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [There are no heroes; we are all heroes on the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/there-are-no-heroes-we-are-all-heroes-on-the-street/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [I'm married to an American. I work for a company that is, you know, its headquarters in the U.S.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/i-m-married-to-an-american-i-work-for-a-company-that-is-you-know-its/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [“The Egyptian revolution will remain indebted to everyone who tossed a stone into the still waters at a time when doing so risked beating,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/the-egyptian-revolution-will-remain-indebted-to-everyone-who-tossed-a/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

> [I am not a hero, O.K.? I am not a hero. I am a very ordinary person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wael-ghonim/i-am-not-a-hero-o-k-i-am-not-a-hero-i-am-a-very-ordinary-person/)

[Wael Ghonim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wael-ghonim/)

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