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" I'm used to politics at an international level: people put together an argument and, even if you vehemently disagree with them, well, you can recognise it's an argument and respond. "

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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. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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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. "

" 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. "

" Democracy is more than a ballot box. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" The Muslim Brotherhood is a religiously conservative group. They are a minority in Egypt. They are not a majority of the Egyptian people, but they have a lot of credibility because all the other liberal parties have been smothered for 30 years. "

" The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran. "

" 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. "

" If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the people's desperate need for change. "

" There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life. "

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

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

" 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. "

" People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. I've never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back. "

" I do not want to see the whole Egyptian people feel protected by my presence. They really have to fight for their freedom whether I'm there or not. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security. "