The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".

Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.

The war we have to wage today has only one goal, and that is to make the world safe for diversity.

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world under law- is realistic and attainable.

As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also to cherish moral and spiritual qualities such as modesty, humility, compassion, and, most important, to attain a certain degree of emotional equilibrium.

I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.