Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.

The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take

Obama saying Gaddafi must go. Putting it upfront like that... it's not very helpful.

Reform is a process, and not an event.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

This is a day on which we pay our respects to those who have endured the unimaginable. This is an occasion for the world to speak up against the unspeakable. It is long overdue that a day be dedicated to remembering and supporting the many victims and survivors of torture around the world.

Sometimes in peacekeeping operations you show force in order not to use force - people realise that there's a pushback and there's a solid force there that's not going to be pushed around, that sometimes helps.