Arab Spring Quotes

We are going through a fascistic time..

Muslims have been subjected to so many tyrants and oppressive regimes. That's what the Arab Spring was about, but the problem comes in trying to direct a revolution.

A new democracy cannot be built on the persecution of women.

There is a connection between energy, climate, food and political stability. That has played out in the Arab awakening and is not done playing out.

We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for the Arab world. For far too long, we've treated the Arab world as just an oil field.

We need a cohesive society that is tolerant.

The desire for a democratic political system does not by itself create the capacity for establishing one.

In the process of the Arab Spring, we have unfortunately seen a development in Syria where the regime has been oppressing its people.

Nasser is an Arab Mussolini.

American foreign policy towards Egypt, even before the Arab Spring, was tentative. When the Muslim Brotherhood moved against the NGOs—many of whom were American, President Obama, instead of raising Hell, raised questions.

The Arab world is erupting, which is extraordinary, and to see it happen is like watching rings spreading on a pool - it goes out; it varies so much. The spontaneity is wonderful, but very often, if it's not well organized, it breaks up, and it peters out.

A decade ago, I lived in Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, as the treasury attache to our embassy there, and I was, of course, on the ground in the Middle East whenever the Arab Spring started, and it's fast-forward a decade later, nine years later. It's hard to believe that I am still working on this issue. You know, here in the State Department.

All the big revolutions, whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the Arab Spring, those changes happened by economic and social shifts brought about by the people's voices, and those things weren't voted for. Most of our changes today are brought about through technology, not by voting.

Across the region, those rights that we take for granted are being claimed with joy by those who are prying loose the grip of an iron fist.

It is time for our great people to reap the harvest of their two revolutions.

There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization.

If you look not just at the Arab Spring, but at what I call the 'Youth Spring' that has started in Europe, young people are starting to find a voice, and they are not looking to the traditional media to reflect that.

There's always Tunisia. Amid the smoking ruins of the Middle East, there is that one encouraging success story.

When at just 27 years old, Qaddafi, colonel in the Libyan army, inspired by his Egyptian colleague Abdel Nasser, overthrew King Idris I in 1969, he applied important revolutionary measures such as agrarian reform and the nationalization of oil.

I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya.

No country now in transition will be able to accommodate demands for either economic security or social justice anytime soon.

Washington probably would not like the governments that Arab democracy would produce.

The so called “Arab Spring” … is really a situation which is creating more threats so far than positive incentives.

I think that Hassan Nasrallah is the best leader in the Muslim world.

The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.