The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations. Mohamed ElBaradei More Quotes by Mohamed ElBaradei More Quotes From Mohamed ElBaradei Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament. Mohamed ElBaradei nuclear-disarmamentmomentumeffort Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon. Mohamed ElBaradei nuclearirantechnology Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again. Mohamed ElBaradei cleanegyptwipe Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way. Mohamed ElBaradei technologylongcountry The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I dont see why they cant engage with Iran. Mohamed ElBaradei north-koreakoreairan 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 iraqweaponswould-be You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East. Mohamed ElBaradei securitymiddle-eaststructure The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening. Mohamed ElBaradei democracies-havedreamheart 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 nobelplans Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but its the same skills. Mohamed ElBaradei issuesskillscountry Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi grabbed full power for himself. Not even the pharaohs had so much authority, to say nothing of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak. This is a catastrophe - it a mockery of the revolution that brought him to power and an act that leads one to fear the worst. Mohamed ElBaradei revolutionegyptianpresident We have no functioning parliament in Egypt and months ago Mohammed Morsi assumed legislative functions. Now he's decided that there should be no opposition to the laws that he makes and that he is authorized to pass any national security measure. It is difficult to be more absolutist than that. And the constitutional convention - what a sad gathering; it threatens to send us back to the darkest period of the Middle Ages. Mohamed ElBaradei national-securitydifficultage Almost all of the liberal and Christian members of the constitutional commission have withdrawn, because we all fear that the Muslim Brotherhood will pass a document with Islamist undertones that marginalizes the rights of women and religious minorities. Who sits in this group? One person, who wants to ban music, because it's allegedly against Sharia law; another, who denies the Holocaust; another, who openly condemns democracy. Mohamed ElBaradei holocaustreligiouschristian In April I founded the Constitution Party. With the Social Democrats and all liberal powers we will combine against the Islamists. We still have a chance and we should not waste the awakening; that would be a tragedy. Young people want more personal freedom and better jobs. They want a clear word from the West against Mohammed Morsi. If Americans and Europeans really believe in the values that they are always preaching then they must help us and pressure Morsi. Mohamed ElBaradei partybelievepeople You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy. Mohamed ElBaradei egyptdemocracycountry No one should be put on trial without a valid reason. Former President Morsi must be treated with dignity. These are the conditions of national reconciliation. Mohamed ElBaradei dignitypresidenttrials Egypt is indeed deeply divided. Without reconciliation we have no future. The Muslim Brotherhood is an important part of our society. I very much hope that it will participate in the next round of talks. I will be the first to protest if the imperative of fairness isn't adhered to. Mohamed ElBaradei egyptbrotherhoodimportant 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. Mohamed ElBaradei feelmorningpeopleworld I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want to go around with bodyguards. Mohamed ElBaradei sayingmeyoupeople 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 youegyptrichpoor
