Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.

There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people.

If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.

The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.

I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.

I cherished the dream of a country embracing all its people.

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.