The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

Youre shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.

No one should be put on trial without a valid reason. Former President Morsi must be treated with dignity. These are the conditions of national reconciliation.

When you have half of Caironese in slums, when you don't have clean water, when you don't have a sewer system, when you don't have electricity, and on top of that you live under one of the most repressive regimes right now... Well, put all that together, and it's a ticking bomb. It's not of a question of threat; it is question of looking around at the present environment and making a rational prognosis.

Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.

I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.

If you bet on individuals, instead of the people, you are going to fail.