Time Quote by Tarek Osman

“corruption in Egypt is giant, amorphous, and finally ungraspable.”

— John R. Bradley

“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

The way that things happen in Egypt, the government - or the head of the government - don't get personally involved. They were always…

— Bassem Youssef

“Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye than the easiness with which the many are governed by…

— David Hume

“There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments.…

— Amiso M. George

“The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.”

— Aysha Taryam

“The Egyptian revolution will remain indebted to everyone who tossed a stone into the still waters at a time when doing so risked beating,…

— Wael Ghonim

“Today there is a place called Egypt, but the Egyptian people are not masters there; long since they have been broken by conquest, and…

— Will Durant

“On top of this was the official indigenous Egyptian government that, though it was quite toothless, various British officials periodically felt the need to…

— Scott Anderson

“reminded Al-Aswany of this before I read back to him what he had said about Egypt in the same interview with Egypt Today in…

— John R. Bradley

“Had anyone suggested at the time that it would not be the Egypt of the pharaohs that would survive and change the moral landscape…

— Sheila Heti

“But the Egyptian passion for violence, for killing the goose that lays the eggs- that's a different matter.”

— Noel Barber