Activists Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

“Mubarak said: I talk to you during critical times that are testing Egypt and its people which could sweep them into the unknown ……

— Amiso M. George

The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move toward respect…

— Elliott Abrams

Egypt is in the second day of angry street protests. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for calm. Because nothing calms an enraged…

— Conan O'Brien

All Egyptians, not only the protestors, have broken through the fear barrier, therefore I expect only one outcome - protests will continue until Mubarak…

— Asmaa Mahfouz

“After the fall of Mubarak, Salafist groups had been sprouting throughout Egypt. Nobody knew where they came from. But they were blamed for a…

— John R. Bradley

There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the sugarcane fields…

— Richard Engel

Both of these places, Cairo's downtown and Tahrir Square, are in the heart of downtown Cairo. They are places where young people gather to…

— Leila Fadel

I have some friends who were involved in the Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt.

— Morgan Spector

There are by now declassified documents from the 1950s that tells you a lot about what's going on in Egypt and we should have…

— Noam Chomsky

Move over to Egypt. Once again, the [Barack] Obama administration, encouraged by Republicans, toppled [Hosni] Mubarak who had been a reliable ally of the…

— Ted Cruz

“Their chance came with the 2011 revolution. The group's leaders calculated that the end of Mubarak's reign would create a political void, and hoped…

— Tarek Osman

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

— Jarod Kintz