An ordinary Turk, an ordinary Arab, an ordinary Tunisian can change history. We believe that democracy is good, and that our people deserve it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.
I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries.
I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.
We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will, however, only be put to the test if and when the time comes for another election, which the opposition may win.
The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.
It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.
According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.