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Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#concur #east #experts #middle #middle east

Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#civil #civil society #democratization #elements #imperatives

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#basically #conventional #culture #democracy #desirable

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#behind #blame #cause #countries #development

There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#democratization #east #exists #middle #middle east

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#democracy #just #law #mechanic #organic

It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head. ↗

— Bono

#belong #better #head #i #melodies

U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help. ↗

— Bono

#doing #help #know #really #seem

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#bothered #creativity #else #focusing #granted

Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#brain #far #human #human brain #humour