The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents from the Communist bloc. They did not envision the mass displacements of people we are seeing today.

I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.

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

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.

Without a dream you'll not get anywhere.

If you are neutral in a situation where one side is patently being mistreated, the conclusion is that you're siding with this wrong.

We all make mistakes.