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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Not every thought is a candle! Some thoughts can make the world darker!

Five great enemies to peace inhabit us: avarice ambition envy anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon.

My emotions overload because there is no hand to hold, there’s no shoulder here to lean on; I’m walking all on my own.

Things go up and down. If you can survive the down, it will come back.

As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.

The past is obdurate. It doesn't want to change.

When people are nasty, it gets everybody's attention, and it gives them a name.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

No nation ever had two better friends that we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.