Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

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

Books are for adults; revolution is for the young.

Change has no constituency and a perceived revolution has even less.

We accept the world in order to change it. If you do not accept, then what are you going to change?

Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Political movements always belong to the young.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

To all of the young people out there who are creating social change or even fomenting social movements: hold on to your idealism and your belief in your ability to change the world. Your lofty goals demand attention and deserve support.

The youth movement is aware that old visions can not take Egypt into the future.

Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.

Social change comes through people.

The revolution is a torrent which sweeps aside those who resist it.

When you look at the times in history when change was brought about, there were two factors: crisis and leadership.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

One of the reasons that change takes place is that the people who produce it believe change can take place.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history. Drive them full speed ahead and keep them on the rails... .

The generation which commences a revolution can rarely complete it

I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction.

Revolution is like a love story, When you are in love, your become a much better person. And when you are in revolution, you become a much better person.

Heroism means going out of bounds. In this world things must go out of bounds from time to time... No one can desire that the world continue to muddle along in every respect in the groove into which imperfect laws and even more imperfect behavior have pushed it. Without heroic intervention no Council of Nicaea, no dethronement of the Merovingians, no conquest of England, no Reformation, no revolt of the Netherlands, no free America. The thing that counts is who intervenes, how and in the name of what.

The fact that the young, perceiving themselves at a turning point in history, do not feel at home in the society and wish to change it, is a sign of portentous changes and of the difficult travails within which a new humanity is born.