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" The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments. "

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" We cannot allow situations where leaders threaten war on television or on Twitter. "

" 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. "

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" Sometimes I walk into a situation and know someone is going to provoke me, and I just simply refuse to be provoked. "

" 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. "

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

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

" If citizens do not believe they can change their leaders through the ballot box, they will find other ways, even at the risk of destabilizing their countries. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" No single solution or actor can deal with the complex and interrelated challenges to electoral integrity arising from manipulated data, hate speech, and fake news. These phenomena are not new; they have been part of electoral cycles since the advent of democracy. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. "

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

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

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