106 Quotes by Hans Blix

But in the Middle Ages people were convinced there were witches. They looked for them and they certainly found them.

It's true the Iraqis misbehaved and had no credibility but that doesn't necessarily mean that they were in the wrong.

I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media.

Never humiliate anyone.

To me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war...I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict.

Negotiations with Iran, especially, will not be easy under any circumstances, but I suspect that they might be somewhat less difficult if the nuclear-weapon states could show that their requests are part of a broader effort to lead the world, including themselves, toward nuclear disarmament. Preventing further proliferation is essential, but it is not a recipe for success to preach to the rest of the world to stay away from the very weapons that nuclear states claim are indispensable to their own security.

We have not found any smoking guns.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

The world has gotten so interwoven.