It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process.

It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it.

Summits are best at dealing with problems, where the need for action is urgent and the range of possible actions limited. They are less good at dealing with opportunities.

The main drawback, of course, was cost. Participating effectively in World Summit on the Information Society was very expensive for both developing countries and (especially) civil society.

We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well.

There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.

You deserve a longer letter than this

They explored me high enough as mountain climbers reached the mountain tops.

It's only those exceptional and rare individuals who have brilliant ideas delivered to them by the muse, complete and gift wrapped. The rest of us have to work at it.

I don't know how many times we have to be reminded that life is extremely short.

A lot of people have put their lives online and are using MySpace to manage their social lives.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

I didn't go to America to be a star, but to try to reclaim my life.

My mother had a fear of doctors - other than her daughter marrying one.

The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.

I hate the ballplayer who says, 'I did everything I could have possibly done.' Because if you didn't win it all, you obviously didn't do everything you could have done.