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.

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