The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of the societies in which they live. And since its inception in 1948, AIESEC has contributed to this development by serving as an agent of positive change trough education and cultural exchange.

No one is born a good citizen or a good democrat or a good leader; it takes time and education.

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

To educate girls is to reduce poverty.

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