[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.

Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.

Empowering women is key to building a future we want

Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.

Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

Youth lasts much longer than young people think.

Fun opens the doors to creativity, which then leads to inspiration, which then births passion, which all together equals both happiness and success!

I feel really comfortable playing to people who've never heard Beach House before. We've always had fun opening because you get to try to impress people.

Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness. They are signs of strength.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

Meetings between Presidents, as you know, are supposed to be privileged. They're supposed to be confidential. They're supposed to allow the president and other leaders to have frank exchanges.

I do believe that leaders have to be held to a higher standard, especially Christian leaders. I put myself in that camp.

The English public always feels perfectly at ease when a mediocrity is talking to it.

I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that tyranny of biology.

I'm a politician. Politics is just a convenience for our life and we just have to create a beautiful world together that would be very convenient for us and just enjoyable.