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

If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.

Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps.

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership.

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