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In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#ambassador #christian #context #democracy #establishing

There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#bahrain #because #criminals #express #only

There is no doubt that some in Iran have an unhealthy focus on Bahrain, as some of the broadcast coverage shows. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#broadcast #coverage #doubt #focus #iran

We have evidence that a number of Bahrainis who oppose our government are being trained in Syria. I have seen the files and we have notified the Syrian authorities, but they deny any involvement. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#authorities #being #deny #evidence #files

The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child. ↗

— Hamad bin Isla Al Khalifi

#child #decision #embrace #ever #fostered

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#intellect #minus #vulgarity #will

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#always #awe #because #better #better actor

I mean, every Star Trek episode you saw was just phenomenal. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#every #i #just #mean #phenomenal

Besides, a bald cap would have never looked real. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#besides #cap #looked #never #real

Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#career #could #everybody #failed #hollywood