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

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

You either have a civil society or you don't.

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

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

I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active on all these issues.

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

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

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

Democracy is not an instant coffee.

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

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

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

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

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

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.

Threat is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

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

The global community has become irreversibly interdependent, with the constant movement of people, ideas, goods and resources.

Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.

I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.

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

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

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

Sanctions are a bad idea.

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

As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others.

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

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

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

Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.

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

We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack.

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

I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.

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.

You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.

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

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

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

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

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

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

I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.

I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.

If I could have just 1 per cent of the money spent on global armaments, no one in this world would go to bed hungry.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

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

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

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

It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.

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

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

I think we still have a chance if we continue with our work, if Iraq provides full cooperation, we should still be able to avoid a war.

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.

If The World Does Not Change Course, We Risk Self-Destruction.

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.

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

We know North Korea has the plutonium that can go into the bomb,