Wadah Khanfar Quotes

Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties.

The revolutions of the Arab Spring happened because people realized they were the power.

Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception.

We are banned in the Muslim world because we want to discard the rulers in the Muslim world to the dustbin of history.

In Arab countries where rebellion has succeeded in ousting leaders (or will), painful makeovers lie ahead. None will get through the change quickly. Most will stumble over daunting political and economic challenges. Some may fail. All will grapple to find the right blend of freedom and faith.

Had you asked an expert on the Middle East what changes would be likely to tke place in 2011, almost none would have predicted the Arab Spring and none would have chosen Tunisia as the flashpoint.

As a Donald Trump supporter, the battle to elevate the will of the people above that of the establishment is one with which I empathize.

I think the American people ought to take their democracy back.

When I tried to create a new political party, which I stressed that this is not my party. I believe very much that there has to be a revolution and this is a party for the young.

The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it.

The 'Arab Spring' is the most spectacular example of the dispersal of power.

I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of 'follow in my footsteps.'

Venezuela has changed forever.

I salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom, democracy and reform.

Mubarak's regime is dead and finished. People will not go back to this. This is a farce being propagated by the Muslim Brotherhood to say that this revolution was supported by the remnants of the Mubarak regime. They have gone against the whole Egyptian society, and this is why they were removed.

The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.

The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.

The danger of leaving overwhelming wealth and power in the grasp of a small minority is a lesson that leaders such as ousted Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak have learned a little too late, as the demonstrations across the Arab world indicate.

The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of dictators impossible. Today, if you are looking for a safe job, don't become a dictator.

If the Kaiser does not abdicate the social revolution is inevitable. I do not want it—in fact I hate it like sin.

Chicago ain’t ready for reform!

Revolution is always delightful in the preliminary stages. So long as it's a question of getting rid of the people at the top.

Revolutions rarely end up as positively as they begin.

I worry that a democratic transition in this period for a state like the U.a. E. would put, us in the throes of reactionary conservatism, probably for the next 30 or 40 years. I look at what is happening in Egypt and other places, and I wonder, do I need that kind of transition?