Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.

What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.

Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.

Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.

It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter.

My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.

I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.

I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The next one.'

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

You never see anyone wearing a black turtleneck and leather jacket doing something nice.

If fruit juices or sugar solutions are left to stand in the open air, they show after a few days the processes which are covered by the name of fermentation phenomena.

The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone!

I remember the first time I saw him play. It was for a Sporting CP youth team. I told my assistant, 'There goes Van Basten's son.' Ronaldo had great technique. He stood out.

You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.

If moment by moment you can keep your mind clear then nothing will confuse you.