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.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

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

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 shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

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.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Employment is the greatest dream killer

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

The day had come when he needed Cassy, and Cassy alone. No one, and nothing else, would satisfy him.

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

I like BBC news, I like some London news because you can get it earlier then anywhere else. I like Charlie Rose a lot.

Love seems to be something to approach with caution, as if you'd come across a wrapped box in the middle of the street and have no idea what it contains.

My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did.

History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life.

I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose.