Observers Quotes

We urge the Egyptian government to allow in election monitors, election observers. This is not a comment on any particular government or the state of their democracy. It is something that is commonly done. - Sean McCormack

We see ourselves as the monitor of the transformation. We will be plodding observers and supporters who will be open, public and transparent. We will identify uncomfortable things, and we will do it with respect and honor for those who are caught up in the process. - Eric Rofes

We regret that the government turned a deaf ear to the many calls for the release of this respected journalist. At least, after 15 months of detention, Zhao is going to be able to defend himself in court against the baseless charges brought against him by the Chinese authorities. We hope, at the very least, that the trial will be fair and that foreign observers and the press will be able to attend. - Reporters Without Borders

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. - Tom Brown, Jr.

We have had discussions with the observers, and the procedures have been outlined to them. The observers naturally wish to consult their capitals, and they have asked us to await the reply from the capitals. - Prakash Shah

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses. - Maria Montessori

We are not players, we are observers. - Alaa Abdel Fattah

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state. - Ralph Waldo Emerson