Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

All human suffering concerns each human being.

English is the 'language of liberty' for nations emerging from years of cultural oppression.

Hope is not a feeling of certainty that everything ends well. Hope is just a feeling that life and work have a meaning.

President Murabak has been a U.S. ally for decades. He was a guarantor of some degree of peace in the Middle East and has kept a good relationship with the Western world.

Either we have hope within us or we don't It is a dimension of the soul, and is not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the World or observation of the situation. Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart.

In any case, ideals are something we strive for; they are somewhere on the horizon of our efforts; they provide meaning and direction; they are not, however, static quotas that we either fulfill or do not.