Mohamed Elbaradei Quotes
June 17, 1942
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I think the ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border. I think the sooner we renounce the sanctity of these many identities and try to identify ourselves with the human race the sooner we will get a better world and a safer world.
Mohamed Elbaradei— Mohamed ElBaradei, Breaking the Cycle, An interview in the Cairo Times (23 October 2003)
Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon – and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank – and Gaza in particular.
Mohamed Elbaradei— Speaking to reporters, October 7, 2009.[1]
The overt message is that preventing nuclear proliferation is important...but I think there is a covert message as well: that it is a good idea to have ElBaradei at the IAEA because he was right about Iraq and the administration was wrong... It cannot escape people's attention that this was the man who stood up against the United States and said that Iraq was not reconstituting its nuclear program.
Mohamed Elbaradei— Ivo Daalder, of the Brookings Institution, The Washington Post (12 December 2004)
If they think they can get anyone who could have better handled the complex and difficult issues surrounding North Korea, Iran and other controversies, they are not understanding the world right now.
Mohamed Elbaradei— Gareth Evans, former Australian foreign minister, on previous US opposition to ElBaradei. The Washington Post (12 December 2004)
A good start would be if the nuclear-weapon states reduced the strategic role given to these weapons. More than 15 years after the end of the Cold War, it is incomprehensible to many that the major nuclear-weapon states operate with their arsenals on hair-trigger alert such that, in the case of a possible launch of a nuclear attack, their leaders could have only 30 minutes to decide whether to retaliate, risking the devastation of entire nations in a matter of minutes.
Mohamed Elbaradei— Nobel lecture Address in Oslo, Norway (10 December 2005)
