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"I spent a lot of money to get into parliament. But the august parliament will make it up 100 times over." Mustafa Hussein in the Egyptian daily Al-Akhbar "Ladies and gentleman, we bring you this special bulletin." Hameed in the daily UAE newspaper Al-Ittihad on the reported attempt by President Bush to bomb Al-Jazeera

"The negative phenomena witnessed by the elections to date are not new. Nor are they monopolised by Egypt; they are present in many countries. The point is that democratic countries track these phenomena and advocate solutions in an honest and transparent manner. And this is what is missing in our experience." -- Ibrahim Nafie, Al-Ahram

"There is no solution to what is happening except the request for international monitoring of the elections." -- Magdi Mehanna, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"In spite of all the battles waged against the Muslim Brotherhood, it proved its complete control over one-quarter of the available political space." -- Bassem Sakagha , Al-Destour

"We will only submit a request for a political party when real political reform takes place." -- Mohamed Mahdi Akef, Al-Hayat

"When people voted for the Brotherhood, they meant to gently shake the system... to cause real change rather than a ripple..." -- Abdel-Moneim Mustafa, Asharq Al-Awsat