Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

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.

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

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.

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

Macromanage, Not Micromanage

Sometimes, some of you speak about god, and I mistake him for an abusive lover you're trying to escape.

By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products we can sell.

People tend to remember my performances, not me.

Don't focus on the victory, focus on the task.

The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than that of devising a satisfactory remedy for it.

It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did we contribute to the world? ... we contributed Louis Armstrong

Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat.

What is truth? Truth is what causes you to breathe again when lies have told you, you are already dead.