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 Freedom
There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life. -Mohamed ElBaradei Religion
Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way. -Mohamed ElBaradei Technology
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 Respect
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 Morning
As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy. -Mohamed ElBaradei Alone
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 Hope
