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“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.”
“More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.”
“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 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?”
“If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.”
“הפעילות הטרוריסטית פוגעת בשלום, בסובלנות, בכבוד ההדדי, בזכויות האדם ובמצבו המוסרי והכלכלי של העולם.”
“ללא קִדמה אין שלום, וללא שלום אין קִדמה.”
“השלום הוא חלום שעוד יגיע זמנו להתגשם.”
“הסובלנות היא מידה טובה המאפשרת שלום בעולם.”
“הדרך היחידה שיש בה משום תקווה לעתידו של המין האנושי, היא זו של שותפות ושל שיתוף פעולה.”
“החירות אינה יודעת גבולות.”
“יבולה של זִקנה בריאה נזרע מוקדם יותר.”
“לעולם אין בכוחן של פעולות הטרור להצדיק את עצמן.”