Winnie Byanyima Quotes

The world is far more interconnected today. Hence the need to understand each other is greater than ever before.

Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous.

To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.

The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.

The best world is one in which all countries cooperate with one another to kind of meet each other's needs and be partners in the process.

This age of globalization is marked by the adoption of universal principles governing such matters as democracy, human rights, trade and development.

Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.

Dreams from 1991 are becoming reality. We will build good relations between nations and people. We will strive towards mutual respect and equality of every individual, sex, race and national or any other minority.

The world is waiting for us, the world wants to engage with us, the world wants to be friendly with us, the world wants to be our partner in prosperity, and the world admires India in many ways.

China's reform and opening-up programme and Europe's integration process have both contributed significantly to global peace, development, and prosperity. China firmly supports the integration of Europe and regards the E.U. as a strategic partner that deserves our confidence.

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Japan and Australia share the universal values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental human rights.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid them of ideological confrontation, and particularly to end the arms race.

There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

Nations, like small communities, are in danger of becoming provincial, and must become so, unless they exchange commodities, theories, thoughts, and ideals. Isolation is the soil of ignorance, and ignorance is the soil of egotism; and nations, like individuals who live apart, mistake provincialism for perfection, and hatred of all other nations for patriotism.

Humanity requires that nationalisms be overcome.

Let's not build a wall around ourselves just when they're coming down all over the world.

We must not only preach the doctrine of human rights, we must learn how actually to be our brother’s keeper.

Don’t divide the world into “them” and “us.”

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.