The United Nations is based on principles, embodied in the U.N. Charter, that require its leadership, especially the secretary-general, to stand and defend its principles against those trying to force the United Nations to become part of illegal wars, to endorse illegal occupations, or to ignore looming genocides,

I hope that things can change in a way that will make it possible to cure the children that are now facing the result of this war and prevent further generations of children from facing the same thing.

The recent attacks on the secretary-general, easier to attack than the institution as a whole, have little to do with the actual (and quite limited) instances of corrupt activities in the secretariat, and everything to do with Annan's statement that the U.S. war in Iraq was illegal and the organisation's refusal to endorse the U.S.-UK invasion, ... Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's U.N.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.

Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.