America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans.

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others.

If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction.

Democracy is not an instant coffee.

The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. Ive always said this is the only way forward.

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, theyve tasted freedom, and theres no way back.

Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.

Real success sometimes involves saying no to growth, expansion and gain.

Everything flows and nothing stays.

Software is like gardening - one day I'll go behind the shed and clean up. But if nobody ever goes there, does it matter a lot?

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Ideas are bulletproof.

Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

I turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself.

I've learned from life experiences. If you go through certain things, you're able to pull from them.

It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.