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

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

" Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I think it is not just the U.N. speaking, but the concept of a third party, a third party to a conflict speaking out. You know, sometimes saying, 'Stop, this is enough. This cannot be allowed to happen,' gives the victims and the people who are caught in that situation courage, encouragement, support. "

" We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes leaders slide from the role of freedom fighter into the presidency, which they may be unsuited for, but everyone accepts it until they hit the bump in the road. "

" In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda. "

" I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it. "

" When people say the U.N. is useless, I ask the question, which U.N. are we talking about? We have the U.N. that is a secretariat led by the secretary general, and we have a U.N. made up of member states who give us our mandate. "

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

" I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people. "

" There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players. "

" Eating insects is good for the environment and balanced diets. "

" Shifting towards low-carbon energy systems can avert climate catastrophe while creating new opportunities for investment, growth, and employment. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it. "

" Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. "

" Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like? "

" I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist. "

" If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom. "

" Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free press, or the infrastructure required to defend their nascent democracies. "

" 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. "

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