Hosni Mubarak Quotes
Impossible! No President ever steps down!
Response to a writer who asked him if Saudi Arabia had tried to convince Saddam Hussein to step down to avoid war in Iraq.
Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, Quoted in “Pharaohs-In-Waiting,” The Atlantic Monthly, October 2003
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There was a movement amongst some Arab counties towards democracy in 2005. There was Western diplomatic pressure on Egypt and Saudi Arabia to hold free elections for the first time.
O’Donnell said this after informing Joe Califano and Cyrus Vance that President Kennedy would not be returning to a meeting about a proposal they had made to start a misinformation campaign to keep Cuban forces on a constant state of alert in February, 1963. The memo had sparked argument between Vance and State Department representatives.
Lippmann was the most influential pundit of the time. Roosevelt had just been elected but had not yet assumed office. The country was in the midst of the Great Depression and many communities had 80% unemployment. Banks had failed, people were starving, and many people thought that democracy was just not suited to deal with such severe problems. Roosevelt, however rejected the advice and always worked through the Congress and in so doing saved democracy in America.
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I have decided to resign totally and finally all official positions. I shall return to private life.
Many Egyptians were fearful of the power vacuum that might ensue would destroy the country. Many asked Nasser to change his mind, and he did. To this day no one knows whether or not the resignation was sincere or was a ploy. Upon resuming power, Nasser arrested his old colleague, Marshal Amin, who was blamed for the fiasco even though he was following Nasser’s instructions.
She was referring to the aftermath of the Iraq War.
He had been jailed by the corrupt dictator Diaz but escaped to the United States, where with this Declaration, the Mexican Revolution was triggered.
Hamilton thought that the Executive Branch should be co-equal with the Judicial Branch and lifetime tenure should apply to both. This quotation is very important as we consider developing countries and emerging democracies. Some in the third world have Presidents for Life—a concept that most democracies scoff at. But the stability and the independence was important enough to some of the Founding Fathers was actually advocated and considered as we formed the American Democracy.
The President’s party in Congress stands election every two years, so the president only has a little more than a year to get tough things done. The mayor, in contrast, had a four term and because he was a bipartisan independent representing both parties, didn’t need to campaign for his party members on the City Council. Therefore, he thought, that it was easier for him to take a controversial position and spend the time to persuade the people and build support for the position.
He was asked if he supported President Donald Trump, whose first 100 days was in the view of most political analysts, historians and many politicians--almost all Democrats and even many Republicans to be one of the worst on record. His popular approval rating was the worst after 100 days than any other President since support polls had been started. Kasich had stringly opposed Trup in the 2016 election. His answer reflected his view that al should support whatever president was in office even thought they might at the same to be very critical and opuitspoken about his weaknesses and failings. The President is everyone's President even though he may not act like it.
Commenting on the fact that China was eliminating it's Constitutional requirement that government leadership had to change every 10 years.
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak was an Egyptian military and political leader who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.