The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world.

Where do you draw the line between peace and justice? If you ask the victims, they want more justice; if you ask the potential victims, they want more peace.

One doesn't make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.

I practice Transcendental Meditation and I had enough exercise. I am one who thinks that not only need to have patience, we must persevere. If you do it right you'll see results.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

Social housing, education, health, jobs and sustainable surroundings. Those are my priorities.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.

The other night I was lying in bed, looking up at the stars, and I wondered, 'Where the hell is my roof?

Poetry is a form of necessary speech... I have sought to restore the aura of sacred practice that accompanies true poetic creation, to honor both the rational and the irrational elements of poetry.

[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10 years ago.

It would have been nice if both players had maybe shaken hands with each other

You can't tell the story of the women's movement through the story of one woman.

He was looking at her with amused suspicion. There was something between them, and even she had to acknowledge that a tame remark about the weather sounded perverse.

I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.

A good marriage shuts out a very great deal.

As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral.

Your greatest mistakes will happen because of impatience.