The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor.

The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation. And I did it with honor.

What is wrong with strengthening the opposition? You lose nothing, ... But let them abide by the rules.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

Faith means that a man should regard any disaster simply as a fate-determined blow which must be endured.

The Zionists have no right to the land of Palestine. There is no place for them on the land of Palestine.

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

Real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.

Two places in this world make it impossible for a man to escape from himself: a battlefield and a prison cell.

We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.

Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.

I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of religious faith.

If you don't have the capacity to change yourself and your own attitudes, then nothing around you can be changed.

I am the first Egyptian civilian president elected democratically, freely, following a great, peaceful revolution.

We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.

Everyone have power of brain but people don't know correctly time of usage. winner just know when, where & how to usage it.

Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.

This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

The secrecy that shrouded the vote counting by the special election committee cast doubts on the results and lacks transparency.

If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless.

Egypt now is a real civil state. It is not theocratic, it is not military. It is democratic, free, constitutional, lawful and modern.

When it is over, if it is over, this war will have horrible consequences. Instead of having one Bin Laden, we will have 100 Bin Ladens.

Egypt firmly and strongly condemns such attacks on civilians and soldiers that led to the deaths of a large number of innocent victims.

I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

A death sentence will be issued, a death sentence will be implemented. A life sentence will be issued, a life sentence will be implemented.

I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them.

Iraq should commit itself to implement the U.N. resolutions, and the Iraqi leadership should put the interests of its people into consideration.

To damage the sovereignty of the individual is to replace a community inspired by love, benevolence, and beauty by another based solely on power.

An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.

I believe that the majority of Egyptian people know who is Hosni Mubarak and it pains me what has been expressed by some people from my own country.

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."

I know about technology, about research, scientific applications, culture, civilization, differences between nations of the world, the nature of history.

The world is not uni-cultural. We must live together rather than seeking to dominate each other. The people in the world cannot accept domination anymore.

If you want to judge the performance of the Egyptian people by the standards of German or Chinese or American culture, then there is no room for judgment.

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.

When the Egyptians decide something, probably it is not appropriate for the U.S. When the Americans decide something, this, of course, is not appropriate for Egypt.

Whatever the time or circumstances, the feeling that I am a peasant gives me a rare self-sufficiency. Indeed, the land is always there. I can go back to it at any time.

I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me, and which basically stems from self-knowledge.

When I say, 'I am supporting the police or the army,' I am talking about the army in general and the police in general. In general, those institutions are good institutions.

We are awaiting aggression by Israel and any supporters of Israel. We will make it a decisive battle and get rid of Israel once and for all... This is the dream of every Arab.

We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction.

We will not accept any...coexistence with Israel...Today the issue is not the establishment of peace between the Arab states and Israel....The war with Israel is in effect since 1948.

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire.

We are meeting here to put an end to this cycle [of violence], to put things back in order and to put the wheel of peace on the right track. The task is very great, but our hopes are greater.

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.

Today we can establish Sharia law because our nation will acquire well-being only with Islam and Sharia. The Muslim Brothers and the Freedom and Justice Party will be the conductors of these goals.

Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our problems through negotiations around the table rather than starting war.

I am telling you that I am very grateful and am so proud of you for being a symbolic generation that is calling for change to the better, that is dreaming for a better future, and is making the future.

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