There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

I take risks - that's my life on the slopes and off.

There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.

I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.

I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.

My view is Fox News is a propaganda outlet for the Republican Party and I don't comment on Fox News.

The Law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.

I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.

The danger in it. Being a frontman in a band, you get addicted to adrenaline rushes.

Perhaps that is our doom, our human curse, to never really know one another.

I get crazy upset when I feel mothers or babies are not getting the loving care they need.