Mohamed ElBaradei

“Egypt needs to catch up with the rest of the world. We need to be free, democratic, and - society where people have the right to live in freedom and dignity.”

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

“The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.”

“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.”

“Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.”

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

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

“Only if you empower the liberals, if you empower the moderate socialists, if you empower all factions of society, only then will extremists be marginalised.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The Israelis should understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor, and that it is prudent to acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Palestinians and to grant them their own state.”

“Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents.”

“The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations.”

“Threat is in the eye of the beholder.”

“If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail.”

“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.”

“The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.”

“I have, as you know, the utmost respect for President Obama as a person.”

“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.”

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