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

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons. "

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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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" 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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" Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer. "

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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. "

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

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

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" Democracy is more than a ballot box. "

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

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Nuclear Weapons

" Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I don't think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology. "

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" I think we still have a chance if we continue with our work, if Iraq provides full cooperation, we should still be able to avoid a war. "

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" If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail. "

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" Everyone in the Middle East pretty much wants to come and be an American citizen, but pretty much everybody is angry with the U. S. foreign policy. "

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

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

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" You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates. "

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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. "

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" Threat is in the eye of the beholder. "

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Eye Of The Beholder

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

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