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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Threat is in the eye of the beholder. "

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

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

" I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons. "

" I lose my temper at home. I try to control my temper at work. Sometimes, if you are under a lot of pressure, you let off some steam, but I also try not to do that because it's unfair to my wife. "

" You don't get the fox to be in charge of the chicken coop. You don't give the outgoing regime - which has been practicing dictatorship, is an authoritarian system, it's a bunch of military people - the task of changing Egypt into a second republic, a new Egypt with democracy, freedom, rights, etc. "

" 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 weapons exist in Iraq, Saddam Hussein or post-Saddam Hussein, it is a serious enough issue that require that we continue to go and make sure that Iraq does not have weapons. "

" Your economic and social development is linked to the kind of regime you have. "

" If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included. "

" In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people. "

" 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. "

" The international community must do a better job of controlling the risks of nuclear proliferation. Sensitive parts of the nuclear fuel cycle - the production of new fuel, the processing of weapon-usable material, the disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste - would be less vulnerable to proliferation if brought under multinational control. "

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

" I have, as you know, the utmost respect for President Obama as a person. "

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

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

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

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" I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood. "

" 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. "

" It is going to take a long time to switch Egypt into a democracy. "

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

" Historically, Islam was hijacked about 20 or 30 years after the Prophet and interpreted in such a way that the ruler has absolute power and is accountable only to God. That, of course, was a very convenient interpretation for whoever was the ruler. "

" We have lived for thousands of years together, Muslims and Christians; we are part of the same society. "

" If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent. "

" Sanctions are a bad idea. "