Change is a process which has to be managed. If it's managed and managed well in the interest of the nation and the people, the likelihood is that it will end well.

Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge

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.

We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war.

I think the generational change is going to be so important for Africa that we really should encourage and push it as much as we can, because some of these younger men and women, who are men and women of their times, and are also connected to the rest of the world, wouldn't even know how to behave in the way some of the old leaders do.

Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.

You are never too young to lead.