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" I guess law was always interesting to me because you deal with constants. I like to deal with constants, abstracts, constants and reason and ration, rational approaches to things. I don't know, I never really thought why I wanted to study law. But if you ask me whether I would do it again, absolutely. "

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" Well, I think we still have to verify whatever declaration we will get and make sure that it is comprehensive and accurate. So, that would take care of the past activities. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think it is fair to say that it is under a great deal of stress, and if I am asking for significant changes, it is because the world is going through significant changes. "

" 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. "

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

" All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service. "

" Countries that perceive themselves to be vulnerable can be expected to try to redress that vulnerability - and in some cases, they will pursue clandestine weapons programs. "

" 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. "

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

" You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and Islamic jihadists. That's obviously bogus. "

" Egypt needs to catch up with the rest of the world. We need to be free, democratic, and - society where people have the right to live in freedom and dignity. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans. "

" 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. "

" Democracy is more than a ballot box. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" I argue that for every country to have an independent fuel cycle is the wrong way to go. Because any country which has a complete fuel cycle is a latent nuclear weapons country, in the sense that it is not far from making a nuclear weapon. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence. "

" You need to form a grand coalition, and you need to put your ideological differences aside and work together to focus on people's basic needs. You can't eat sharia. "

" Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again. "

" The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Sanctions are a bad idea. "