When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.

Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending . . . when women do better, economies do better.

Our fortunes rise together, and they fall together. 'All men are brothers,' said the Analects. We have a collective responsibility-to bring about a more stable and more prosperous world, a world in which every person in every country can reach their full potential.

When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.

If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set, if policymakers don’t have it on their radar screens—then financial stability in the medium and long-term is clearly at stake.

I think I have a male side about me and you have a female side about you. It's a question of repressing or not.

A global world needs global firewalls.