Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

Not all developing countries are the same.

Electorates tend to get the politicians they deserve.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.

A-well-a, splish, splash, I forgot about the bath, I went and put my dancing shoes on.

Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

I don't wish to be a slave any longer to the stringent exigencies of literature.

The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly.

When I tried to do something else, everyone behaved as if I was Gypsy Rose Lee trying to paint a Matisse.