I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
I guess law was always interesting to me because you deal with constants. I like to deal with constants, abstracts, constants and reason and ration, rational approaches to things. I don’t know, I never really thought why I wanted to study law. But if you ask me whether I would do it again, absolutely. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts – stalled for a decade – to bring about nuclear disarmament. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. I’ve never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of law. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
There is no religion that was founded on intolerance – and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
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 Read Quote
If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the people’s desperate need for change. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
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. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
