The best way to perpetuate poverty is spending on arms, and poverty itself is a form of violence. The wealthy industrialized countries have been too slow to recognize this. I hope that in this new century and new millennium, the world will learn that if you want peace, you must prepare for peace, plan for peace, work for it, and comply with its dictates. Lasting peace will never be achieved with the instruments of war.

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

Nuclear arms kill many people all at once, but other weapons kill many people, little by little, every day, everywhere in the world.

Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a way of solving problems and resolving conflicts. It cannot be forced on the smallest nation or enforced by the largest. It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

The most deadly disease truly is the failure of the heart.

The effect of one good-hearted person is incalculable.