Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“Threat is in the eye of the beholder.”

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

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

“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.”

“Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.”

“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.”