Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.

No one should be put on trial without a valid reason. Former President Morsi must be treated with dignity. These are the conditions of national reconciliation.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

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

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

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.