"We did not expect so many parties to field candidates for the elections but we believed that leaders of the leading opposition parties such as the Wafd, Tagammu and the Nasserist had no excuse to exempt themselves from running." -- Sherif El-Abd, Al-Ahram "Police officers must remember that every time they kick a demonstrator they will be doing so on air." -- Mohamed El-Shebba, Nahdet Misr "Terrorism and democracy are inseparable. If we really want to confront terrorism we must realise that our battle is not one of [just security] but of democratisation." -- Osama Anwar Okasha, Al-Wafd "The question is when did the Arabs ever live in conditions other than exceptional? We did nothing in 50 years except discuss the 'exceptional situation' and 'the current critical situation'." -- Ahmed Al-Rabie, Asharq Al-Awsat "The current situation needs more than registering the names of Arab leaders in the Sharm El-Sheikh guest book." -- Al-Riyadh "Is this an added Arab collective victory or is it another sign of their collective failure?" -- Mohamed Al-Rumeihi, Al-Bayan
