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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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Mohamed ElBaradei
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 17
Diplomat
Human Rights Activist
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei
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Youre shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.
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The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.
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You either have a civil society or you dont.
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I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.
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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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Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again.
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The Egyptians have grown in confidence, theyve tasted freedom, and theres no way back.
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The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.
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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.
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We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power you are buying insurance against attack.
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People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. Ive never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular.
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I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.
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Democracy is not an instant coffee.
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Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the best in you.
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Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.
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You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.
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I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.
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Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.
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