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Carlyle uttered a pregnant truth when he said that the history of any country is in the biographies of the men who made it.
Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
What makes loneliness an anguish Is not that I have no one to share my burden, But this: I have only my own burden to bear.
When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face.
We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.
To build a more healthy, peaceful and equitable world the classrooms of the world have to be full of girls as well as boys.
Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.
Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used.
They [US soldiers] started to commit suicide on the Baghdad walls. We will encourage them to double their suicide attempts.
Trade is the all-but-forgotten weapon in the battle against poverty, but it can provide more help to the poor than aid can.
Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use.
I believe in diplomacy; I don't believe in talking to... that talking to Iran somehow constitutes a concession or a favour.
China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all ... but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it.
When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.
At some moment I did answer "Yes" to someone or something. And from that hour on I was certain that existence is meaningful.
America's sanctions policy remains intact, and it will remain intact until it changes, if it does, and I'm not sure it will.
Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.
It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.
Trump is the first post-World War II American president to view the burdens of world leadership as outweighing the benefits.
The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.
Jail is a good experience but it has its drawbacks ... all the disadvantages of married life with none of its compensations.
Satellite images suggest North Korea is building a light-water reactor and working on uranium enrichment. This is troubling.
Each crisis is different, has its own specificities, and we need to look at it critically; look at each one in its own terms.
Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.
It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.
You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.
The global community has become irreversibly interdependent, with the constant movement of people, ideas, goods and resources.
The United States emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented absolute and relative power. It was truly first among unequals.
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option.
If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder.
Either the distances betweem the distant quarters of the globe are diminished, or you have extended the powers of human action.
It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for.
Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but its the same skills.
I have disagreements with some and more agreements with others. But that doesn't mean I cannot listen to those I disagree with.
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
The establishment of Christianity . . . arrested the normal development of the physical sciences for over fifteen hundred years.
Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.
You may have noticed over the years that the UN became a bit more media-friendly, a bit more open to the media than in the past.
I don't see a situation where one side will win militarily, take over Syria, and there will be peace and quiet, a clean victory.
The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it.
Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method
People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good.
When you are on a journey, and the end keeps getting further and further away, then you realize that the real end is the journey.
UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.
Through the Australians, and the Japanese, too, I suppose, the Americans get their message across, but not in a heavy-handed way.
I think that the Iraqi ground defenses shot down dozens of missiles. We are in the process of counting all these missiles quickly