Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

Reform is one of the priorities of the Arab world. All countries and societies want to move ahead and have their own views of how to move ahead. Reform is an item for all of us to support but we have to be cautious because of the fragility of the security situation and uncertainty on the international scene.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education, then upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

If people are not patient and want radical change, it could set China back in a way to harm a lot of people. I advocate more freedom based on stability.

Southeast Asia is now a region full of hope because of the freedoms America has helped foster.

We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views. Respect for human rights, freedom, and the rule of law must be established in the poorest nation in our hemisphere.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

Well, the important message that we've always carried to China is that we look forward to your progress and prosperity, we look forward to you playing a role in the progress and prosperity of this region and we look forward to stability in your relations with others.

I would like to stress this point undoubtedly: France sees the Arab Spring as auspicious. The Arab Spring holds out tremendous hope - hope for democracy and the rule of law, hope for peace and stability, hope for better future in which every person can pursue goals commensurate with his or her needs, talents and ambitions.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

Only through perils and upheavals can Nations be brought to further developments. May the present upheavals lead to a better world.

My final aim is to bring Iran, within twenty years, to the same level of civilization and progress as will be enjoyed by the most highly developed countries. During the last ten years the degree of our backwardness has been halved, but it is this remaining backwardness which will be the most difficult to combat.

Modernity and moderation is what we need in Egypt.

Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.

The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity.

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.

Africa is the future.

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.

The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty.

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.

Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end.

An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better lives for our people.

Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects.