The idea is that they wouldn't want to deal with militant Islam but an Islam and Muslims who are committed to progress, committed to development, who like peace and are moderate in their ways. So that's what we are doing here.
In addressing you I feel that I am not so much speaking to the representatives of diverse States of Europe and America as to the exponents of principles and hopes that are common to us all, and without which our life on earth would be a life without horizon or prospect.
| Max Baucus, Politician (1941) |
| Annie Jump Cannon, Scientist (1863) |
| Elliott Carter, Composer (1908) |
| Mos Def, Musician (1973) |
| Teri Garr, Actress (1944) |
| Harold Hamm, Businessman (1945) |
| Jim Harrison, Writer (1937) |
| Jermaine Jackson, Musician (1954) |
| Stu Jackson, Coach (1955) |
| John F. Kerry, Politician (1943) |
| Bob Bartlett, Politician (1968) |
| James J. Gibson, Psychologist (1979) |
| Christian Lous Lange, Politician (1938) |

