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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. "

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" Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. "

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

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

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

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

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

" The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I think it is important to speak out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear. "

" 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. "

" Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation. "

" If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who 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. "

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

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

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