The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.

When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.

George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.

Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.