Mohamed ElBaradei famous quotes

Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#People #Psychology #Important

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

#Country #Technology #Long

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I dont see why they cant engage with Iran.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Iran #Korea #North Korea

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

#Iraq #Weapons #Able

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but its the same skills.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #Issues #Skills

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

#Nobel #Plans

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

#Dream #Heart #People

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

#East #Middle #Structure

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

#Worry #Democracy #Weapons

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

#People #Failing #Individual

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

#Views #Government #People

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

#Giving #Classic #Spontaneity

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

#Egypt #Wipe #States

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

#Mean #Fairness #Lawyer

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

#Weapons #Buying #Nuclear

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.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #Realization #Weapons

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

#Military #Acting #Democracy

How can you run for president if you dont know the job description?
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Running #Jobs #President

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, theyve tasted freedom, and theres no way back.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Way

Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I dont think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #Technology #Thinking

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

#Issues #Humanity #Arms

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

#President #President Obama #Persons

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

#Iraq #Weapons #Nuclear

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

#Egypt #Class #Conservative

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

#Egypt #Rights #Government

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #Weapons #Nuclear

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

#Running #Doe #Framework

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

#Political #Way #Negotiation

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

#Long #Risk #Weapons

Democracy is not an instant coffee.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Coffee #Democracy #Instant

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Discipline #Training #Lawyer

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

#Self #Risk #World

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

#Integrity #Challenges #Matter

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

#Korea #Plutonium #Bombs

We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #Use #Weapons

When you have half of Caironese in slums, when you don't have clean water, when you don't have a sewer system, when you don't have electricity, and on top of that you live under one of the most repressive regimes right now... Well, put all that together, and it's a ticking bomb. It's not of a question of threat; it is question of looking around at the present environment and making a rational prognosis.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Water #Together #Bombs

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

#Stress #Thinking #World

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

#Nuclear #World #Weapons

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.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Past #Thinking #Care

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

#World #Bed #Hungry

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

#Powerful #Commitment #Achievement

I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#New York #Unique #Hands

I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped out of existence. They could be irrational in many ways, but I don't think they're irrational to the point that they're ready to annihilate their own country.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #Believe #Thinking

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

#Father #Taught #Principles

Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Used #Conjunctions #Diplomacy

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

#Believe #Iran #Way

Everybody's still talking about diplomacy and I'm very hopeful that as long as we talk about diplomacy, as long as we're not talking about enforcement measures, sanctions, et cetera, we are on the right track. But we need to accelerate the process.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Talking #Track #Long

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #Thinking #Nuclear

We still have time to negotiate, we still have time for diplomacy, because there are still a number of issues that have not been clarified, that created a lack of confidence.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Numbers #Issues #Diplomacy

At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its director general. In the nuclear non-proliferation regime, it is the IAEA which ensures that nuclear energy is not misused for military purposes, and the director general has stood out as an unafraid advocate of new measures to strengthen that regime.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Military #Expression #Wish

Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon - and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank - and Gaza in particular.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Israel #Numbers #Peaceful

If they think they can get anyone who could have better handled the complex and difficult issues surrounding North Korea, Iran and other controversies, they are not understanding the world right now.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Thinking #Iran #Korea

I think the ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border. I think the sooner we renounce the sanctity of these many identities and try to identify ourselves with the human race the sooner we will get a better world and a safer world.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Thinking #Race #Color

People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. Ive never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Smart #Government #People

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

#Technology #Iran #Weapons

You either have a civil society or you dont.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Civil Society

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

#Effort #Momentum #Nuclear

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. Ive always said this is the only way forward.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Way #Tables #Said

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.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Iraq #Issues #Weapons

Democracy is more than a ballot box.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Democracy #Boxes #Ballots

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

#Thinking #Public Service

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

#Party #Egypt #Years

If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the peoples desperate need for change.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Government #Uprising #Numbers

The globalization that has swept away the barriers to the movement of goods, ideas and people has also swept with it barriers that confined and localized security threats.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Ideas #People #Movement

Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can deliver systems for producing material usable in weapons.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Training #Weapons #Today

The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Egypt #Track #Liberty

Youre shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Feet #Shooting

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.
-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Country #America #Bonus