If you want to liberate a government, give them the Internet. Wael Ghonim More Quotes by Wael Ghonim More Quotes From Wael Ghonim The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power. Wael Ghonim motivation inspiration people Our revolution is like Wikipedia, okay? Everyone is contributing content, [but] you don't know the names of the people contributing the content. This is exactly what happened. Revolution 2.0 in Egypt was exactly the same. Everyone is contributing small pieces, bits and pieces. We drew this whole picture of a revolution. And no one is the hero in that picture. Wael Ghonim egypt hero names There are no heroes; we are all heroes on the street. Wael Ghonim streets hero Khaled Said was a young man just like me, and what happened to him could have happened to me. Wael Ghonim young said men No one was a hero because everyone was a hero. Wael Ghonim hero As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we didn't know what could we do. And looking at Khaled's photo after his death; basically I just felt that we are all Khaled Said. Wael Ghonim looking situation country death I'm married to an American. I work for a company that is, you know, its headquarters in the U.S. Wael Ghonim know you company work The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen. Wael Ghonim my-life you life country The transition from dictatorship to democracy is always very difficult, and if you read a history of any country that went through this, it wasn't easy. And, you know, you don't end dictatorship one day and next day you have fully fledged democracy. Wael Ghonim day you democracy history I am not a hero, O.K.? I am not a hero. I am a very ordinary person. Wael Ghonim person i-am ordinary-person hero
