Americans have a severe disease - worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex.

Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.

I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God.

It is really important to solve the problem of rational utilization and distribution of wate supplies. I dare say, the shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.

You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San Francisco!

I envisage the prinicles of the Earth Charter to be a new form of the ten commandments. They lay the foundation for a sustainable global earth community.

Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept.