I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

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.

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

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

We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack.

If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the peoples desperate need for change.