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Ahmed Zewail Quotes

Egyptian - Scientist | February 26, 1946 - August 2, 2016

Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.

Education Quality Achievement Free

Secularism will not work in Egypt any more than theocracy. What will work is governance that is guided by the Islamic values of the majority with protection of the minority rights.

Work Values Egypt Will More Rights

In the Middle East, it is clear that peace will never be reached without solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A two-state solution must be found and enforced.

Peace Conflict Solution Will Never

The so-called Arab Spring has proved that the fall of a Mubarak-like presidency does not mean the immediate rise of democracy. In spite of this, I am confident that Egypt will not return to an authoritarian governing system again, and that, with some time, it will achieve its democratic goals.

Goals Time I Am Spring Democracy

After World War II, scientific research in the U.S. was well supported. In the 1960s, when I came to America, the sky was the limit, and this conducive atmosphere enabled many of us to pursue esoteric research that resulted in America winning the lion's share of Nobel Prizes.

Sky Lion War Research Winning World

Syria may appear to be a small country, but it is just the type of entangled conflict that can lead to a world catastrophe. It does not take much imagination to see Syria as the Sarajevo of the 21st century, leading to world war.

Imagination War Conflict World Small

Once we understand how molecules are formed, we can manipulate them. If you can manipulate molecules, you can manipulate genes and matter, you can synthesize new material - the implications are just unbelievable.

You New Understand Matter Genes How

The mosque was the neighbourhood house of worship, but it was also the place where my high school friends and I came to study.

School High School Friends House

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

Power Science Potential Diplomacy

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

Education Future Science Research

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

Science Curiosity Unknown Quest

I think I succeeded in getting the Egyptian people excited about the importance of science, and this is the only way Egypt can get out of this dark ages.

Science People Think Dark Egypt Way

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