There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

You are never too young to lead.

We have to be very clear with the population and the countries we enter what we can do and what we cannot do.

Without a dream you'll not get anywhere.

I was an ordinary boy at school, a young man. In fact, what did the headmaster once say? "You're constantly challenging those in authority; questioning and challenging those in authority." Which was not really the way I saw it. I felt there were questions that had to be answered, and things that weren't quite right.

We tend to look at countries in terms of failed states and functioning states, which is rather simplistic.

In some ways, the challenges are even more daunting than they were at the peak of the cold war. Not only do we continue to face grave nuclear threats, but those threats are being compounded by new weapons developments, new violence within States and new challenges to the rule of law.