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How can you run for president if you don't know the job description?
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
You either have a civil society or you don't.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
We have lived for thousands of years together, Muslims and Christians; we are part of the same society.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I feel relieved that we discovered that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons.
— 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
Democracy is not an instant coffee.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Your economic and social development is linked to the kind of regime you have.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I have, as you know, the utmost respect for President Obama as a person.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Threat is in the eye of the beholder.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
The global community has become irreversibly interdependent, with the constant movement of people, ideas, goods and resources.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Sanctions are a bad idea.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
It is going to take a long time to switch Egypt into a democracy.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
The U.S. is not the holder of truth.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack.
— 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
I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
What I see in the Arab world, in Egypt, everywhere is increasing radicalization.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
If Egypt were going to change, it is going to change through the young people.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Democracy is more than a ballot box.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure?
— 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'm not a good small talker. I'm not into small talk, frankly.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
I couldn't have imagined that I would live long enough to see Egypt emancipated from decades of repression.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
If The World Does Not Change Course, We Risk Self-Destruction.
— 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
The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
We know North Korea has the plutonium that can go into the bomb,
— Mohamed ElBaradei