I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it.

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

Let me tell you what I look like: pale face, long hair, and a tiny start of a paunch. In addition, an awkward gait, and a cigar in the mouth and a pen in pocket or hand.

Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.

To be sorry and glad together is to be perceptive to the richness of life.

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

I’m asking the questions tonight.” One day I was going to write a book: How to Dictate to a Dictator and Evade an Evader, subtitled How to Handle Jericho Barrons.

Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.

Human beings do not like to look squarely into the face of tragedy. Gloom is unpopular.

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES