I am like a doctor. I have written a prescription to help the patient. If the patient doesn't want all the pills I've recommended, that's up to him. …

- Javier Perez De Cuellar

I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather.

- Javier Perez De Cuellar

Peace - the word evokes the simplest and most cherished dream of humanity. Peace is, and has always been, the ultimate human aspiration. And yet our …

- Javier Perez De Cuellar

The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to st…

- Javier Perez De Cuellar

Human nature being what it is, peace must inevitably be a relative condition. The essence of life is struggle and competition, and to that extent per…

- Javier Perez De Cuellar