"At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them."

"Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions."

"We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination."

"And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily."

"A life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I never wanted to be famous."