We know the problems, and we know the solution: sustainable development. The issue is the political will.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

If you can find your perfect job, create one.

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.

History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.

We are a nation that seeks out solutions and refuses to ignore challenges.

I don't like the way my hair looks, so we're going to do the whole show over.

I had friends of mine tell me they had a baby, and I didn't even know they were pregnant.

There is nothing quite so satisfying, and so healing, as a good cry.

What the [James] Monroe Doctrine stated, in effect, is that the US should dominate the hemisphere.

I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet other readers and kindred spirits.