Hosni Mubarak Quotes

Africa must develop a genuine culture of alternation and opposition, without which democracy in any country, including the West, cannot exist.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

We all have more at stake in the rules of the game than we do in the outcomes of the game. When that changes, that's when you begin to lose democracy.

We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

The army is a poor school for democracy.

Governments propose, and oppositions dispose.

Campaigns are not, and should not be, democratic processes. Otherwise nothing would ever get done.

It is very easy to have elections. It is very difficult to consolidate political order.

Democracy does not have to be a blood sport …

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.

Politics is a process, and there has to be a continual conversation between those who govern and those who give their consent to be governed.

But all should know that the people's participation in the elections will take the country forward ... an election full of excitement will be a major blow to the enemy.

Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000.

It is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition.

Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected. Sometimes the type of person from the old machine, who is everything but an appealing figure, happens to win an election. But democracy applies to everyone, not just the noble and the clever.

Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard.

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

I think the important thing is to realize that the establishment of a democracy is sometimes a messy thing and it takes time. Yeah, we've been at it 240 years.

It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients.