But we acted pre-emptively in Kosovo in 1999 to stop Milosevic from doing what he was doing and increasingly doing the ethnic cleansing in a systematic way.

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

And I was asked if I would come and help with the recovery of this great British company, Cable and Wireless, and I'm delighted to become part of the new and very talented management that have been brought in to that company as well.

For years, we have heard warnings that Europe needs to contribute more to NATO's capability.

The rapid dissemination of technology and information offers entirely new ways of production, but it can also bring the spectre of more states developing weapons of mass destruction.

But we acted pre-emptively in Kosovo in 1999 to stop Milosevic from doing what he was doing and increasingly doing the ethnic cleansing in a systematic way.

In sum, as we enter the 21st century, the Euro-Atlantic community - North America and Europe together - has to face some tough challenges when it comes to improving our capability.

What I will remember most from my time in NATO is meeting children in the countries where I've gone to, to Moscow and to Kiev, I've met school children.

Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.

And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice.

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

Well, if the NATO countries don't make more of their troops usable and don't get the equipment to get them fast where the action is, then the organisation will suffer and will increasingly become irrelevant.

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.

Within NATO, our Defence Capabilities Initiative has identified the essential capabilities all Allies must have for modern operations, and Allies are working to meet those requirements.

NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves.

So seven new countries, three of them formerly part of the Soviet Union, and the others part of the Warsaw Pact, will become full members of NATO next year.

I believe that the organisers of this conference have chosen a very timely subject for our discussion - because the 21st century will confront us with an entirely new set of challenges.

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.

Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.

There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.

The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.

Faith is not desire. Faith is will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied whereas will is a force. Will changes the space around us.

I believe everything has a solution, and I take it one day at a time or one thing at a time.

To have my mind racing and my heart beating fast over glorious possibilities is very close to the summit of life experience for me.

The most important part of discernment is pinpointing the forces to be reckoned with both the constructive and destructive.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

I do not expect to see home again, though that is what I want.

There are three things I look for in a story - it has to be a thriller; I cannot see myself writing literary fiction or a saga! There has to be a historical connection; otherwise, the adrenalin will not flow. And I will try to bridge the gap between 'Rozabal' and 'Chanakya'.

The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.

This is God's world this is not the media's world.

The purpose of the criminal justice system is both to rehabilitate and to punish. If we can rehabilitate somebody, that's a huge, huge win.

I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.

As social secretary, I was responsible for putting together all the events that the President and the First Lady host.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.

We can use all the scientific tools, but it will never replace the palate or the talent of the chefs who are in the kitchen.

Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now

I am worthy.

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing.