Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

It should not be a surprise then that poverty continues to breed conflict. Of the 13 million deaths due to armed conflict in the last ten years, 9 million occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, where the poorest of the poor live.

"وصف "فحص العذرية" على سميرة ابراهيم بأنه "فعل مخل بالحياء" وليس جناية " هتك عرض" هو إهانة لمفهوم العدالة و إمتهان لكرامة كل مصرى و مصرية"

Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building the machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity. Imagine a world in which we would shed the same tears when a child dies in Darfur or Vancouver. Imagine a world where we would settle our differences through diplomacy and dialogue and not through bombs or bullets. Imagine if the only nuclear weapons remaining were the relics in our museums. Imagine the legacy we could leave to our children.
Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.

I very much believe that we share the same human values... If you scan through all the religions — monotheistic and others — they all preach the same... I think all our fights, our wars, and all our disagreements are just expressions of frustration at our human condition at a particular time. I don't think it has to do with us believing in different values.

You remember that book called All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten? … Well that's very much true. I find a lot in common in the way I manage things and the way she manages three-year olds. We humans are the same when we are three years old and when we are 50!

The picture I have painted today may have seemed somewhat grim. Let me conclude by telling you why I have hope.
I have hope because the positive aspects of globalization are enabling nations and peoples to become politically, economically and socially interdependent, making war an increasingly unacceptable option.
Among the 25 members of the European Union, the degree of economic and socio-political dependencies has made the prospect of the use of force to resolve differences almost absurd. The same is emerging with regard to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, with some 55 member countries from Europe, Central Asia and North America. Could these models be expanded to a world model, through the same creative multilateral engagement and active international cooperation, where the strong are just and the weak secure?

"قرار أمريكا بالحرب ضد العراق اتخذ قبل أن تبدأ عمليات التفتيش عن الأسلحة النووية بكثير في تقريري إلي مجلس الأمن في 27 يناير 2003،قلت : "لم نجد حتى اليوم أي دليل علي أن العراق قام بإحياء برنامج الأسلحة النووية الخاص به

المتظاهرون فى التحرير يتعرضون للرصاص الحى و الغازات المشلة للأعصاب. أوقفوا المجزرة الغاشمة واتقوا الله فى شعبكم

I think we need to continue working hard on developing a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East... unfortunately things are not going in the right direction right now. We need to understand that without comprehensive peace in the Middle East, we have no security.

Whether one believes in evolution, intelligent design, or Divine Creation, one thing is certain. Since the beginning of history, human beings have been at war with each other, under the pretext of religion, ideology, ethnicity and other reasons. And no civilization has ever willingly given up its most powerful weapons. We seem to agree today that we can share modern technology, but we still refuse to acknowledge that our values — at their very core — are shared values.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles. He was president of the bar association and was preaching civil liberties and human rights during some of the most repressive years of the Nasser era. He was the focus of a lot of pressure and intimidation, but he stood by his principles. And I think that's a lesson I remember from him — that you stand up for what you believe in.

I have hope because civil society is becoming better informed and more engaged. They are pressing their governments for change — to create democratic societies based on diversity, tolerance and equality. They are proposing creative solutions. They are raising awareness, donating funds, working to transform civic spirit from the local to the global. Working to bring the human family closer together.

الدستور هو الضامن لحريات وحقوق كل مصري. الدستور هو حجر الأساس لأي نظام ديمقراطي. الدستور رؤية وفكر ومسئولية، وليس وجبة سريعة الإعداد

Consider our development aid record. Last year, the nations of the world spent over $1 trillion on armaments. But we contributed less than 10 per cent of that amount — a mere $80 billion — as official development assistance to the developing parts of the world, where 850 million people suffer from hunger.

دعونا نتخيل كيف سيكون حال العالم لو أن دول العالم خصصت لأغراض التنمية نفس الميزانية التى تخصصها لآلات الحرب؟! ولو أننا كنا نعيش فى عالم يتمتع فيه كل إنسان بالحرية والكرامة؟! تخيلوا لو أننا نعيش فى عالم يشعر فيه الناس بنفس القدر من الحزن لوفاة طفل فى دارفور أو فى فانكوفر! تخيلوا لو أننا نعيش فى عالم تتم فيه تسوية الخلافات والمشكلات بالحوار والأساليب الدبلوماسية لا بالقنابل وإطلاق الرصاص! تخيلوا لو أن العالم تخلّى عن الأسلحة النووية فلم يبق منها إلا آثار تعرض فى المتاحف! أى عالم سيكون هذا الذى يمكننا أن نجعله حقيقة واقعة نتركها لأبنائنا؟!