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

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

We have no functioning parliament in Egypt and months ago Mohammed Morsi assumed legislative functions. Now he's decided that there should be no opposition to the laws that he makes and that he is authorized to pass any national security measure. It is difficult to be more absolutist than that. And the constitutional convention - what a sad gathering; it threatens to send us back to the darkest period of the Middle Ages.

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

Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a religiously conservative group. They are a minority in Egypt. They are not a majority of the Egyptian people, but they have a lot of credibility because all the other liberal parties have been smothered for 30 years.

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