I know why we're strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it's because there's always been a growing middle class.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest - with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make.

My parents wished peace upon their firstborn child.

I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one.

I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we know the terrible humanitarian consequences from the use of even one weapon. As long as such weapons exist, so, too, will the risks of use and proliferation.

Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.