James A.Robinson

The people who suffer from the extractive economic institutions cannot hope for absolutist rulers to voluntarily change political institutions and redistribute power in society. The only way to change these political institutions is to force the elite to create more pluralistic institutions.

Wael Khalil, the software engineer and blogger who emerged as one of the leaders of the Egyptian protest movement,

Not only do you risk robbery, but getting all the permissions and greasing all the palms just to open is no easy endeavor