States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!

But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.

It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs.

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

Everything you have is bought by the currency of time.

We are forgiven, that we may be like Him who forgives us.

Uncertainty in a leader is always magnified in the heart of the follower.

If I had to write a book, I could not find anything in the world worth saying - as is indeed the case with many voluminous authors.

Am I motivated by what I really want out of life - or am I mass-motivated?

The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.

It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.

Counter-violence against the colonial regime is liberatory because it is an act, and by acting, the absolute power of colonialism, internalized by the colonized, is shaken.

I believe in fate, that films happen when they are supposed to.

Be not weary in well-doing. … Out of small things proceedeth that which is great. Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind.