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.

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

Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.

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.

History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all.

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

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

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

May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people.

By being friends with all, we are not alone.

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

The secret to longevity is to keep breathing.

No one has imagined us. We want to live like trees, sycamores blazing through the sulfuric air, dappled with scars, still exuberantly budding, our animal passion rooted in the city.

Every man should arm himself as quickly as he could, and come to the King.

I've met a few people who were passive-aggressive, but I've never met anyone who was aggressive-passive. I don't want tacos! Maybe.

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation.

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them.

Perhaps the most significant event in the evolution of the liberated mind arrives with the realization that most people, even in their deepest convictions, are blind to most truths.

There is always something to miss, no matter where you are.

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.