If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

World Government is not only possible, it is inevitable; and when it comes, it will appeal to patriotism in its truest sense,in its only sense, the patriotism of humans who love their national heritages so deeply that they wish to preserve them in safety for the common good.

The older I get, the more people listen to me - even though I say the same as always.