"This court, with all due respect to the people in it, is not specialised to deal with the trial of the president of the republic. This is a coup. I am held against my will. The coup is treasonous and a crime, and I am president of the republic."
— Mohamed Morsi

January 1, 1970

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Morsi in first words in public since he was deposed by army in July, as quoted in 'I am the president of the republic' – chaos in court as Morsi stands trial, The Guardian (4 November, 2013)