India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there.

Transforming the European Union into a single State with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the age

Taking stock of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' a decade later, the Financial Times concluded that the US won the war, Iran won the peace, and Turkey won the contracts. I can only agree.

I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Germany is to be contained from outside and heterogenized from the inside by influx, 'diluted' so to speak.

The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.

What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education.

Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years.

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

You check the pregnancy test every month, and when it comes up negative it can start to wear on you

From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, "Beware of truly sweet people. They have will of iron.

Religion is the rules, regulations, ceremonies and rituals developed by man to create conformity and uniformity in the approach to God. Spirituality is God's call in your soul.

Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of

When you love someone, you have to be with them, don't you? To be part of their life, to have them be part of yours." Glory in Death

Mother Dolores Hart's prose is a reflection of the inner beauty she has always possessed. A fascinating read... and read again!

I usually play disenfranchised youth

When I'm not working or promoting something, I try to be as under-the-radar as I can .