You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done. - Kofi Annan

In today’s world, the security of every one of us is linked to that of everyone else.

People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what – and who – we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.

The international community . . . allows nearly 3 billion people—almost half of all humanity—to subsist on $2 or less a day in a world of unprecedented wealth.