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"I pledge and support, pledge and support..." "Wake up, man. You're home, not in the party." Amr Okasha in Egypt's daily opposition paper Al-Wafd

"The winner in the presidential election is democratic constitutional thought... the biggest loser is Egyptian enlightenment." -- Mohamed El-Sayed Said, Al-Qahira

"[Considering the cost of Mubarak's pen] how much do you think his tie sells for?" -- Ibrahim Eissa, Sawt Al-Umma

"The report by the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights for the year 2004 is enough to illustrate and confirm the deterioration of human rights in Egypt and public freedom under the NDP and its President Hosni Mubarak." -- Hussein Abdel-Razeq, Al-Wafd

"If the Arab League is still deliberating its agenda, then what is more urgent than Iraq's internal deconstruction: that outcome of a US-Zionist machination." -- Mutaa Safadi, Al-Quds

"With its democratic experiment Egypt is poised to again become a regional leader -- without imperial ambitions this time." -- Mahmoud Al-Rimawi, Al-Hayat

"How pitiful are 'Islamist' militants who retract their views to avoid extradition while having no qualms about killing other people." Abdel-Rahman -- Al-Rashid, Asharq Al-Awsat