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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. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" The U.S. is not the holder of truth. "

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" I couldn't have imagined that I would live long enough to see Egypt emancipated from decades of repression. "

" Democracy is more than a ballot box. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations. "

" Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills. "

" Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the best in you. "

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

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

" Egypt needs to catch up with the rest of the world. We need to be free, democratic, and - society where people have the right to live in freedom and dignity. "

" 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? "

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

" Democracy is not an instant coffee. "

" As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy. "

" 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. "

" All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service. "

" 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. "

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

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

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" The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening. "

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