“If the men in possession of the government can, in one instance, maintain themselves in power against an adverse decision at the elections, such an example will be imitated.”

It is a grave indictment of this international community that we can spend so much money on war, in fact trillions are spending on war, but we cannot support action that needs to be taken to meet the most basic needs of billions of people in the world, needs such as addressing hunger, health, empowering woman and making sure that there is development in countries that are vulnerable.

Gandhi proved that non-violence can change history. Let us be inspired by his courage and conviction as we continue our work to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights for all of the peoples of the world.

In a democracy, that’s the only realistic path to Net Zero. Consent, not imposition. Honesty, not obfuscation. Pragmatism, not ideology.

I think more of these folks need to have an [appropriations] 101 when they first get here. If you want to control the outcomes, you have to work harder on the appropriations process.

So the 20th century taught the world not to use nuclear weapons and not to proliferate. This is not a good strategy because recent history has shown that wars could erupt with equal devastation.

The scale of the AI transition may well be comparable to the transition from the manufacturing to the service economy in the 20th century.

Some Internet-native young people show off their frugality on social media, but what they are showing off is not frugality. Rather, they’re expressing their dissatisfaction with society.

Museums need to humble their egos and realize that they’re not the experts, that the communities are the experts.