If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

Feel empowered. And if you start to do it, if you start to feel your voice heard, you will never go back.

Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts.

To make progress we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies.

Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century.

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

An endless war against terrorism can tend to inflate the terrorists, because being at war is attractive to some angry, unemployed, disaffected youth.

If you are small and don't particularly want credit for what you are doing, you can achieve a lot.

I give the truths of to-morrow.""I prefer the mistakes of today.

For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions.

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane.

Living in the present moment creates the experience of eternity.

Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion.

Testing is the process of comparing the invisible to the ambiguous, so as to avoid the unthinkable happening to the anonymous.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

Don't face the day until you've faced God.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording.