Sanctions are a bad idea.

Democracy is not an instant coffee.

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

The U.S. is not the holder of truth.

Threat is in the eye of the beholder.

You either have a civil society or you dont.

You either have a civil society or you don't.

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.

If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction.

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

I'm not a good small talker. I'm not into small talk, frankly.

We know North Korea has the plutonium that can go into the bomb.

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

It is going to take a long time to switch Egypt into a democracy.

Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.

How can you run for president if you dont know the job description?

How can you run for president if you don't know the job description?

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

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

If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail.

If you bet on individuals, instead of the people, you are going to fail.

I have, as you know, the utmost respect for President Obama as a person.

In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign.

I feel relieved that we discovered that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons.

Your economic and social development is linked to the kind of regime you have.

If Egypt were going to change, it is going to change through the young people.

Youre shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I dont see why they cant engage with Iran.

What I see in the Arab world, in Egypt, everywhere is increasing radicalization.

You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, theyve tasted freedom, and theres no way back.

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back.

You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East.

I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.

If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure?

I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.

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

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

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

We have lived for thousands of years together, Muslims and Christians; we are part of the same society.

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

I couldn't have imagined that I would live long enough to see Egypt emancipated from decades of repression.

The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.

The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years.

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