Many Quote by Mona Eltahawy

Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so…

— Alaa Al Aswany

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

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

— Mohamed ElBaradei

It is easier to run a revolution than a government.

— Ferdinand Marcos

We should certainly know by now that it is one thing to overthrow a dictator or repel an invader and quite another thing really…

— Anonymous

There is not a revolution that succeeded in a few months. It takes years, even decades, to fulfill its goals. I am very hopeful…

— Nawal El Saadawi

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the existing ruler…

— Gene Sharp

In contrast to the Roman Empire, the Egyptians only used the military to preserve what they had, not threaten it.

— Zahi Hawass

“In the two years since I left Egypt, things haven’t gotten better. Thousands of people have been incarcerated for the most trivial reasons. Hundreds…

— Bassem Youssef

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

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