If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

There has to be a force on the horizon that can come very quickly. But the way we run and fund peacekeeping, this capacity is unavailable.

International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

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