Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other.

Real women are fat. And thin. And neither. And both. And otherwise.

He can afford to be a fool.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

I am thrilled to have been able to put together this new album. I listened to everything I had recorded in the 24 years with Elektra, and then just took all the ones I am mad about.

The purpose of life is to matter and be ever mindful of the opportunities that we can both individually and collectively provide for others.

I've never thought of myself as a religious person.

Culture and education have no bounds or limits; now man is in a phase in which he must decide for himself how far he can proceed in the culture that belongs to the whole of humanity.

I'm a country boy who hasn't really been exposed to city living, and it throws me.