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

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king.

These often unsung heroes understand...that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. Individuals ...are taking on these challenges in their communities, volunteering to make a difference. They remain the true champions of our work towards the Millennium Development Goals.

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

Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to start the new millennium, our objective of halving world poverty by 2015 will be only a pipe dream.

Insecurity is love dressed in a child's clothing.