Shockingly enough, what people say during campaigns is meant to increase the odds they get elected.

States would be wise to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves.

Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation.

Globalisation thus implies that sovereignty...needs to become weaker.

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

Television was our chief tool in selling our policy.

You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.

Destiny is what is happening to you right now.

Sometimes you have to walk through the fire, in order to reach your calling.

The success gate is far at the end of the long failure corridor. Keep moving no matter how many potholes you step into. You will get there with time!

A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend.

If you are losing your peace in your quest for peace, you are not on the road to peace. The road to peace is peace.

I know very dimly when I start what's going to happen. I just have a very general idea, and then the thing develops as I write.

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

After victory, you have more enemies.

Seemingly the most easy of crafts, drawing is the one which reveals most tellingly our incapacity to sustain true vision and our acquiescence to the ready-made.

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.