The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.

Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change without force.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended.

Water will be more important than oil this century

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics

For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.

The lesson I learned in Cairo still applies. The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We must rid the world of the scourge of these agents of death and destruction

I am not to be underestimated. Overestimated, maybe, but underestimated? No.

A problem is a solution yet to be discovered

I've done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them.

Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works.

Who strikes man with love -- God or the Devil?

Chicago is great! It's like the heart of America. It's the center and it's a beautiful city.

Whatever education a university or institutes of higher education imparts, it must achieve the global level of benchmarking given the vastness and diversity of global village we live in today.

Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!

Im Krieg machen die Starken die Schwachen zu Sklaven, im Frieden machen die Reichen die Armen zu Sklaven.

I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really cool things and never shuts up.