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" If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent. "
Mohamed ElBaradei
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" What I see in the Arab world, in Egypt, everywhere is increasing radicalization. "
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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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" I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want to go around with bodyguards. "
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" Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way. "
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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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" 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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" There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life. "
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" Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations. "
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" How can you run for president if you don't know the job description? "
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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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" Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security. "
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" The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations. "
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" Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer. "
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" 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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" It is going to take a long time to switch Egypt into a democracy. "
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" We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack. "
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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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" You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates. "
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" The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening. "
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" 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. "
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" The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran. "
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" 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. "
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" The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment. "
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