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" As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. "

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" We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. "

" On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen. "

" What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. "

" One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king. "

" To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience. "

" We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step. "

" Governments have to conclude a fair, universal, and binding climate agreement, by which every country commits to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. "

" National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence. "

" My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation: ideally, not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work. "

" Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. "

" Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. "

" When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time. "

" I don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes. "

" If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy. "

" The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. "

" Often we mistake stability, in terms of security and economic activity, to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar: rule of law and respect for human rights. "

" Change is a process which has to be managed. "

" The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being. "

" I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow. "

" More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations. "

" We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization. "

" We seriously have to question the motivation of those people referred to as climate change sceptics, who are denying the evidence of human-caused climate change and preventing us from moving forward by spreading disinformation and supporting unchecked carbon pollution. "

" Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance. "

" More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. "

" We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. "

" To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. "

" If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development. "

" We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. "

" Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N. "

" Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. "