I cannot in any case permit myself to be brought before the people, exclusively, by any of the political parties that now so unfortunately divide our country, as their candidate for office.

In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.

The political parties have lost their loyalties.

I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.

In democracy to avoid corruption, we change presidents every eight years. We should change the senators for the same reason

The protestors feel that the elections have been hijacked and the choices are between two corrupt parties—that when the power structure no longer represents the people, the vote is no longer a tool for change [Jehane Noujaim, "Tahrir Square, Cairo: Lost and Found in the Square"].