The great challenge of the modern world is to create institutions that are strong enough to govern effectively but also accountable and responsive to the needs of citizens.

"We are all the sum of our memories, and yet we remember so little."

预测未来的唯一方法是创造未来。

"The past whispers to us through the pages of a biography."

Reality is always more fantastic than fiction.

Politics is every citizen's duty, and avoiding politics is itself a political stance.