Democratic Quote by David Brooks

It is going to take a long time to switch Egypt into a democracy.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy…

— Roger Wicker

Egypt now is a real civil state. It is not theocratic, it is not military. It is democratic, free, constitutional, lawful and modern.

— Mohammed Morsi

Egypt needs to catch up with the rest of the world. We need to be free, democratic, and - society where people have the…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

“Of course, it's easy to be overly optimistic when it comes to Egyptian reform. The country has a history of false promises and backtracking…

— John R. Bradley

I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Egypt has a presidential system. The president runs the state. Who the president is matters profoundly.

— Richard Engel

I don't think the Egyptian people want to see what is a very clear effort to obtain political and economic rights turn into any…

— Hillary Clinton