Mohamed ElBaradei quotes - page 2

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

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on the Forbes list, and Egypt's annual per-capita income is two thousand dollars. How can you sustain that?

Mohamed ElBaradei

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

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

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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)

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

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

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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 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

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

Threat is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Previous
1
2 (Current)
3
4
5
6
Next

Mohamed ElBaradei

Mohamed ElBaradei - Image

Photo: IAEA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Occupation: Egyptian Scientist
Born: June 17, 1942
Quotes count: 138
Wikipedia: Mohamed ElBaradei

Related authors

Hans Blix 34

Swedish Diplomat

Hosni Mubarak 12

Egyptian Statesman

Anwar Sadat 29

Egyptian Statesman

Mohamed Morsi 14

Egyptian Politician

Yukiya Amano 3

Wael Ghonim 5

Egyptian Activist

Ahmed H. Zewail 7

Egyptian Scientist

Wangari Maathai 75

Kenyan Environmentalist

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 40

Egyptian Statesman

Muammar Gaddafi 77

Libyan Revolutionary