Like any large organisation, public or private, the UN is a complex machine.

I think that peacekeeping can do quite a lot, if they are given the right mandate with the commensurate resources to get the job done.

I used to tell the story about as a young man in high school one of the professors came in and put a broad white sheet on the board with a dot in the right hand corner and said, "Boys, what do you see?" And we all shouted, a black dot. He stood back and said, "not a single one of you saw the broad white sheet, you all saw the black dot." He went on to tell us to focus on the broader picture, don't focus on the negative.

Let us choose to unite the power of markets with the authority of universal ideals. Let us choose to reconcile the creative forces of private entrepreneurship with the needs of the disadvantaged and the requirements of future generations.

No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline.

A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment

Once you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he is asked.