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"This is a message from those who re-issued your driving licence. They say the car needs an overhaul." Mustafa Hussein in the Egyptian daily Al-Akhbar ; "I hope you're alright. Here's some medicine. When you get better, write a prescription for me." Hamed Najeeb in the UAE paper Al-Ittihad

"It will not be acceptable, nor will anyone believe that there is an elected president in Egypt, unless that president starts dealing with citizens as voters who have rights and not as his subjects." -- Mohamed Hamad, Al-Arabi

"The regime made a big mistake in the elections by making deals with everyone. Now it must pay back the businessmen, Copts, men of religion and members of the Policies Committee close to Gamal Mubarak as well as journalists." -- Wael El-Ibrashi, Sawt Al-Umma

"Every time we go through a tragedy that kills a group of our sons we sleepwalk forward towards an even worse crisis after having passed the buck of responsibility to scapegoats." -- Sikina Fouad, Al-Arabi

"Anyone who calls for change in the Arab world could be accused of treason and will probably be imprisoned." -- Wafaa Al-Rashid, Al-Hayat

"Any political or economic concession for the sake of reform might be the beginning of the collapse of their powers." -- Khaled Ghazal, Al-Hayat

"When will pronouncements become reality? When will corruption come to an end? When will public funds stop being siphoned off by officials" -- Ahmed Al-Rabei, Asharq Al-Awsat