If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included.

Democracy is not an instant coffee.

The simple fact is that there is a limited amount of water on the planet, and we cannot afford to be negligent in its use. We cannot keep treating it as if it will never run out.

If you bet on individuals, instead of the people, you are going to fail.

If I could have just 1 per cent of the money spent on global armaments, no one in this world would go to bed hungry.

I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.

The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.