It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for.

Generals often find a way of dealing with generals on the officer-to-officer level. In the hierarchy of the military and with the almost similar structure and similar language, they find a way of dealing with each other.

We must bring a message of solidarity, of mutual respect and, above all, of hope. Business cannot afford to be seen as the problem.

Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.

In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples.

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.