I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

Vaccination is one of the easiest things on the way to development. It's much easier than roads and a great education system. It's very basic. It's one of the first things you want to get right.

Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.

The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.

in china when you're one in a million, there are 1300 people just like you

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.