You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I have, as you know, the utmost respect for President Obama as a person. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Your economic and social development is linked to the kind of regime you have. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
How can you run for president if you don't know the job description? — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure? — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I lose my temper at home. I try to control my temper at work. Sometimes, if you are under a lot of… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I guess law was always interesting to me because you deal with constants. I like to deal with constants, abstracts, constants and… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I'm used to politics at an international level: people put together an argument and, even if you vehemently disagree with them, well,… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
You need to form a grand coalition, and you need to put your ideological differences aside and work together to focus on… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Only if you empower the liberals, if you empower the moderate socialists, if you empower all factions of society, only then will… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
You don't get the fox to be in charge of the chicken coop. You don't give the outgoing regime - which has… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
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… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
If Egypt were going to change, it is going to change through the young people. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Egypt is indeed deeply divided. Without reconciliation we have no future. The Muslim Brotherhood is an important part of our society. I very much… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I lose my temper at home. I try to control my temper at work. Sometimes, if you are under a lot of pressure, you… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
In April I founded the Constitution Party. With the Social Democrats and all liberal powers we will combine against the Islamists. We still have… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
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… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
