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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.

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.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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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.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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.

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We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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.

Mohamed ElBaradei

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans.

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Sanctions are a bad idea.

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

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Well, I think we still have to verify whatever declaration we will get and make sure that it is comprehensive and accurate. So, that would take care of the past activities.

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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.

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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.

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My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

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

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

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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.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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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.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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