Also Quote by Rashid al-Ghannushi

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

In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will,…

— Martin Van Creveld

I think it is extremely important that the West support this experiment [of Tunisian democracy] with investment, with aid, with symbolic support, not just…

— Larry Diamond

I believe Tunisia and Egypt should look to Turkey and see what not to do. Turkey seems to be a secular and democratic country…

— Burhan Sonmez

What Tunisia urgently needs, is freedom and the building of a real democracy.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about…

— Ahmed Chalabi

Morocco has a lot to do in terms of democracy. The daily practice of democracy evolves in time. Trying to apply a Western democratic…

— Mohammed VI of Morocco

If democracy succeeds in Egypt, other countries will follow. Should the democratic experiment in Egypt be hijacked by the military or anti-democratic Islamist groups,…

— David Ignatius

I see encouraging signs of democracy developing in other places in the Middle East. In Tunisia, in Iraq, and now in Egypt. Tunisia is…

— Bernard Lewis

If the Arab world today looked like Tunisia, it would be a huge blow for the extreme ideologies. But Tunisia needs more support than…

— Paul Wolfowitz

Tunisia will continue to be a source of influence, not through its size but through the ideas and the models that it represents.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.

— Jack Schwartz