“The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turk...” — John Reid Quote

“The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.”

“When people are faced with a choice between the Northern Ireland they have got and the perfect Northern Ireland, they complain. But in the real world that isn't the choice.”

“The basis on which the Good Friday agreement was constructed was in addressing those problems in the history of Northern Ireland, the social and constitutional problems as well as the military problems that have been unaddressed for centuries.”

“These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.”

“Egypt has a presidential system. The president runs the state. Who the president is matters profoundly.”

“It is going to take a long time to switch Egypt into a democracy.”