Counts Quote by Barton Gellman

The Egyptian experience suggests that social media can greatly accelerate the death of already dying authoritarian regimes.

— Evgeny Morozov

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.

— George Takei

American media seem to color events by refracting them through a sickeningly sentimental prism. Their efforts to create reality on the ground — instead…

— Ilana Mercer

Social media is important, but it does not bring down governments. Governments can shut down the Internet. Governments can control media access. If they…

— Ilan Berman

“You know what show I thought was a riot? Live coverage of Egyptians overthrowing their government.”

— Jarod Kintz

There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual.

— Silvio Berlusconi

Social media now make it easier to organize protest movements, even - or perhaps especially - in authoritarian regimes.

— Chrystia Freeland

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…

— Wael Ghonim

While the 2011 revolution did not remove the regime, it has shortened the seemingly endless patience that many Egyptians once had for military rule.

— Mona Eltahawy

The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of dictators impossible.…

— Shimon Peres

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, theyve tasted freedom, and theres no way back.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

— Emma Goldman