If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and the scourge of civil wars and external aggression and unburdened of the great tragedy of millions forced to become refugees.

Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, or a Hindu, religion is a great force, and it can help one have command of one's own morality, one's own behavior, and one's own attitude.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.