Egyptian - Scientist | June 17, 1942 -
Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.
Mohamed ElBaradei
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There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life.
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People feel repressed by their own governments; they feel unfairly treated by the outside world; they wake up in the morning, and who do they see - they see people being shot and killed: all Muslims from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Darfur.
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I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.
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You don't get the fox to be in charge of the chicken coop. You don't give the outgoing regime - which has been practicing dictatorship, is an authoritarian system, it's a bunch of military people - the task of changing Egypt into a second republic, a new Egypt with democracy, freedom, rights, etc.
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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.
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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.
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Sanctions are a bad idea.
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If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.
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Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents.
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The global community has become irreversibly interdependent, with the constant movement of people, ideas, goods and resources.
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You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and Islamic jihadists. That's obviously bogus.
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