The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

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

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.

Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness.

Never lose heart in the power of the gospel.

My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries.

Faith-is the pierless bridge supporting what We see unto the scene that we do not.

What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed Hitler, you're actually going to make history worse.

Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.

From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I can be competitive in 2004. Tennis is like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it.

I hate gold. I'm sort of a sterling-silver guy.

Physicians have this advantage: the sun lights their success and the earth covers their failures.

Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.