We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy.

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

My parents were in the Peace Corps.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Business is a battlefield. You need to be able to go to battle with your team members. Like the military. Know them, trust them, and know who you're working with.