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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. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped out of existence. They could be irrational in many ways, but I don't think they're irrational to the point that they're ready to annihilate their own country. "

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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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" 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. "

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" Everybody has to chip in, I think, and see how we can have a functioning system of collective security where we do not continue to face the threat of countries trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction or particularly nuclear weapons. "

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" It would be, in fact, very ominous if Iraq were to be able to get weapon-usable material, hydro-plutonium or highly enriched uranium from abroad. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can deliver systems for producing material usable in weapons. "

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

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" If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure? "

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

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

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

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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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" Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents. "

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" Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament. "

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

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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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" 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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" The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world. "

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" The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on the Forbes list, and Egypt's annual per-capita income is two thousand dollars. How can you sustain that? "

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

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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. "

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

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