Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

• Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations.

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

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

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• Sanctions are a bad idea.

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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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• My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

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• I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

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• I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped out of existence. They could be irrational in many ways, but I don’t think they’re irrational to the point that they’re ready to annihilate their own country.

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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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• Well, I think we still have to verify whatever declaration we will get and make sure that it is comprehensive and accurate. So, that would take care of the past activities.

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• Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I don’t think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.

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• We now have the right to have immediate, unfettered access to any site in Iraq and we have the right to interview people, both inside and outside Iraq.

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• We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons.

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• So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing… meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence.

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• I think we still have a chance if we continue with our work, if Iraq provides full cooperation, we should still be able to avoid a war.

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• I think it is fair to say that it is under a great deal of stress, and if I am asking for significant changes, it is because the world is going through significant changes.

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• I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I’ve always said this is the only way forward.

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• Everybody has to chip in, I think, and see how we can have a functioning system of collective security where we do not continue to face the threat of countries trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction or particularly nuclear weapons.

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

   

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Mohamed ElBaradei (19)

Birth:	17th June, 1942
Nationality:	Egyptian
Profession:	Diplomat, Scholar

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