Ayman Nour Quotes (21 Quotes)

Then there is the continuing criminal case, which almost everyone outside Mubarak's government, and some inside it, regards as blatantly political. A trial date has been set for June 28, and Nour says the case has been assigned to a notorious Egyptian security court judge. That judge is known for his closeness to Mubarak and for the seven-year sentence he imposed four years ago on another liberal dissident, Saad Eddin Ibrahim. I lie in bed at night thinking that either I'm going to end up in jail or I'm going to be killed, ... To say the least, this campaign has gotten off to a very bad start.

They're dealing with me as an enemy of the president. All these things are beyond my control.

In the street this morning they followed me. This is new.

This is not an election. They are treating this as another referendum. The government has lied (about a fair vote).

I am ready to commit suicide in the middle of the press conference and say, 'What you're doing is the reason for this,'

Now there is fear in the street. For me the fact that the demonstration wasn't well organized and didn't last for a long time is a sign. They weren't able to mobilize the one million they had advertised.

The elections are a 100 percent successful step. At least there will be hope after six years. Now we don't know the opposition candidates, but we will know them then.

I cannot be available for the election campaign. This is not possible. Every day there is a hearing.

We found in this long journey in a short time a great capacity for honesty, a great solidarity from the people for the Egyptian program for change, for the Egyptian program to reform this nation,

The goal of all this is to smear my campaign, ... I will carry on my campaign . . . even if it's from this cage.

This was not an election, this was a farce, this was a scandal. Mubarak wants me to shut up. He does not want me to talk in the Parliament about his son's wealth or business deals. He knows that I am the only competitor to Gamal and he wants me out of the way.

This is a battle about the future. They want to convict me, even if only for a day, so that I can't run for president or parliament again.

I'm running to succeed and there is a high chance of winning this time around because people can't wait for change.

It made Egyptians think, 'Why have we accepted this for 24 years ... I believe, whatever the result, we have a large gain for democracy and liberalism.

It shows she doesn't understand anything at all. She made a statement that suggests she doesn't know she was in Egypt. It was comical.

We shouldn't let defeat seep into hearts by assuming Mr. Mubarak will win. He's not going to win.

Syria wants to show it has time to think about such issues.

If the elections are free and fair, we will respect the result. If they are not, we will escalate our political struggle even if it means a call to political civil disobedience.

Now we don't know the opposition, but we will then.

What happened today is not an election.

The results have no relation to reality. We won't give legitimacy to something that is illegitimate.