CAIRO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Here are quotes from Egyptians in Cairo's Tahrir Square and on social networking sites after President Hosni Mubarak told the nation on Thursday he had handed powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but would not resign.
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MUSTAFA NAGGAR, LEADING ACTIVIST
"The street is fed up with Mubarak. If Mubarak leaves the country he will help to calm the crisis. If he continues, he will lead Egyptians into chaos."
"Plans for tomorrow stand. We will march in the millions to Tahrir Square and other locations."
ANTOINI ABU SAYED, 50, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
"This would have been enough before the intifada (uprising), but not now. The people will continue to demonstrate. Most of us present will continue".
ISMAIL ZAKARIA, 45, TEACHER
"The speech was unprecedented in its stubbornness and foolishness. Tomorrow I am heading to the palace in protest. Until Mubarak falls. There is no turning back."
SAMEH ALI, 29, ACTIVIST
"Giving Suleiman presidential powers means nothing to protesters. The protesters' calls have fallen on deaf ears. And we will escalate our protests tomorrow, until victory".
* OSAMA GHAZALI HARB, POLITICAL SCIENTIST
"I think it is strange, it means the president doesn't understand anything. He is interested in staying in his position without attention to the people. I think it could be catastrophic. His intention is continuing in power in spite of the will of the people. For two weeks people have said go. Now I'm afraid for the future".
"The call for him to leave comes from the people, from millions of Egyptians who are in the street for two weeks asking him to leave. This is not America."
* NABIL ABDEL-FATTAH, ANALYST AT AL-AHRAM CENTRE FOR POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
"Their understanding of what is happening on the street is extremely slow ... unfortunately I think this speech is going to be a critical point in the development of the crisis. In fact, it has pushed the crisis into a dark area".
"There is nothing new in the speech ... This speech is part of a strategy that has proven to be a failure, namely reproducing the regime from within rather than through meeting the demands of, and understanding the nature of, the demands of the popular uprising".
"Millions in Tahrir square now will be protesting anew not just for the departure of the president, but for a core change in the Egyptian political system from an authoritarian one to a democratic, human-rights system".
* HASSAN NAFAA, POLITICAL ANALYST AND GOVERNMENT CRITIC
"The speech reflects a sick-minded leader unable to let go of power, afraid of repercussions after his corruption was exposed. The move to give presidential powers to Omar Suleiman is not a real abdication of power. Suleiman cannot dissolve parliament, he cannot change the cabinet and he cannot even ask for constitutional reforms without the president's consent. Mubarak still holds the reins of power and he can easily and at any time retrieve presidential powers from Suleiman."
"Mubarak is unaware of the turmoil on the Egyptian street and will drive the people to chaos".
"Tomorrow at least half of Egypt will be on the street"
AHMED ALY, BUSINESSMAN, NOT IN TAHRIR
"The speech was very emotional and decent. The president did what the youth requested, he left power but in a decent way that preserves his dignity and that of the Egyptian people ... All that has happened are great achievements that we would have never been able to achieve without the revolution led by the youth on Jan. 25."
"Omar Suleiman is a military man and he has been used to acting in a strict way for a long time, but he will have to change his style and become more civilian in order to cope with his new position."
* MOHAMED ABDEL HAMID, 26, ENGINEER
"Mubarak is trying to buy more time ... but people in Tahrir didn't like what he said and we all chanted 'leave, leave' and 'tomorrow afternoon, we will come to you in your palace'".
"This is not the end. Protests will continue and many people will sleep in Tahrir tonight. The protesters' main demand is the departure of the president and his regime, and they will not leave before their demands are achieved."
* WALID FOUD, 38, SELF-EMPLOYED
"In his speech, Mubarak has listened to the protesters' demand. He has transferred his powers, and in my opinion, the protesters got what they wanted."
"Mubarak can't suddenly step down or else Egypt will fall into chaos. Things have to happen gradually, and any power vacuum will allow the Muslim Brotherhood to take over."
"EGYPTOCRACY", ON TWITTER
"Mubarak just portrayed to the world what 30 years in power does to a person"
"HARIKUNZRU", ON TWITTER
"Most offensive thing about Mubarak speech was claim that 'blood of martyrs wouldn't be wasted' as if it wasn't on his hands"
"MUIZ", ON TWITTER
"Let me make it clear, Mubarak HAS got the message, he is just IGNORING it -- there is a difference..."
"KHAZELTON", ON TWITTER
"Mubarak's last trick is to incite the people of his country to violence. Deny him the success of his plan. Please."
(Reporting by Marwa Awad, Tom Perry, Sherine El Madany, Yasmine Saleh, Shaimaa Fayed and Andrew Hammond; Compiling by Alexander Dziadosz)
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