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" Democracy is more than a ballot box. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" The U.S. is not the holder of truth. "

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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. "

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" Iran's goal is not to become another North Korea - a nuclear weapons possessor but a pariah in the international community - but rather Brazil or Japan, a technological powerhouse with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons if the political winds were to shift, while remaining a nonnuclear weapons state. "

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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. "

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" I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of law. "

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

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" As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy. "

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

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

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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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" Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament. "

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

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" 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. "

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" What I see in the Arab world, in Egypt, everywhere is increasing radicalization. "

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" I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household. "

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" You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years. "

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" We now have the right to have immediate, unfettered access to any site in Iraq and we have the right to interview people, both inside and outside Iraq. "

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" How can you run for president if you don't know the job description? "

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" 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. "

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" People feel repressed by their own governments; they feel unfairly treated by the outside world; they wake up in the morning, and who do they see - they see people being shot and killed: all Muslims from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Darfur. "

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" The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations. "

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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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" I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many. "

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" The Israelis should understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor, and that it is prudent to acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Palestinians and to grant them their own state. "

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" The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world. "

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" 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 feel relieved that we discovered that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons. "

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