Egypt Quote by Dominic Raab

The world has paid a heavy price for the lack of democracy in most of the Middle East. Operation Ajax [CIA code for the…

— Stephen Kinzer

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.

— Bashar al-Assad

Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy.

— Eduardo Galeano

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first…

— Bashar al-Assad

Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there…

— Shirin Ebadi

Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.

— Tariq Ali

Many of us mistakenly believe a coup d'etat is the only kind of coup possible. But a coup doesn't always require tanks on a…

— Clive Lewis

The majority of Arab people would side with Russia and China, not with the West. And they'd throw their 'elites' groomed in and by…

— Andre Vltchek

In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western world really…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Where the West has intervened in African domestic affairs, such as it did in Libya 2011, the country became a cradle of extremism that…

— Pete Hoekstra

Some socialist movements in Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain, for instance, were genuine. I was making films about the so-called Arab Spring, and I'm well…

— Andre Vltchek

All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon…

— George Lucas