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" As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" I'm not a good small talker. I'm not into small talk, frankly. "

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" I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward. "

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" Whether one believes in evolution, intelligent design, or Divine Creation, one thing is certain. Since the beginning of history, human beings have been at war with each other, under the pretext of religion, ideology, ethnicity and other reasons. And no civilization has ever willingly given up its most powerful weapons. "

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" It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt. "

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" I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped out of existence. They could be irrational in many ways, but I don't think they're irrational to the point that they're ready to annihilate their own country. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations. "

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International Relations

" The globalization that has swept away the barriers to the movement of goods, ideas and people has also swept with it barriers that confined and localized security threats. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Only if you empower the liberals, if you empower the moderate socialists, if you empower all factions of society, only then will extremists be marginalised. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Everybody has to chip in, I think, and see how we can have a functioning system of collective security where we do not continue to face the threat of countries trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction or particularly nuclear weapons. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Threat is in the eye of the beholder. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

Eye Of The Beholder

" If Egypt were going to change, it is going to change through the young people. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" I'm not a grassroots organizer; that is clear. I believe in a division of labor. I'm not trained to organize the grassroots, and grassroots has to come from the grassroots. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day. "

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" I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active on all these issues. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond their control. They feed these children, clothe them, and teach them to read. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" The global community has become irreversibly interdependent, with the constant movement of people, ideas, goods and resources. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East. "

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" In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence. "

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" If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure? "

Mohamed ElBaradei

" Democracy is not an instant coffee. "

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" Young Egyptians, gazing through the windows of the Internet, have gained a keener sense than many of their elders of the freedoms and opportunities they lack. They have found in social media a way to interact and share ideas, bypassing, in virtual space, the restrictions placed on physical freedom of assembly. "

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" I couldn't have imagined that I would live long enough to see Egypt emancipated from decades of repression. "

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" Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills. "

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