United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority.

It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear.

There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.

A world without the United Nations or with a paralyzed United Nations would be far more costly to all of us and far more dangerous to peace and stability.

Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.