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Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.Mohamed ElBaradei
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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.Mohamed ElBaradei
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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.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.Mohamed ElBaradei
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Whether one believes in evolution, intelligent design, or Divine Creation, one thing is certain. Since the beginning of history, human beings have been at war with each other, under the pretext of religion, ideology, ethnicity and other reasons. And no civilization has ever willingly given up its most powerful weapons.Mohamed ElBaradei
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Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way.Mohamed ElBaradei
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As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.Mohamed ElBaradei
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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.Mohamed ElBaradei