Martti Ahtisaari

We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.

Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.

Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings.

In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have passed through my life many times.

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.