Each government minister views the circumstances of each issue differently. An interior minister has a different view of visa liberalization than does a foreign minister.

Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.

You cannot protect something without intervening on some level.

Everyone learns in a crisis.

The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.

I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into its own country.

Political leaders have to withstand headwinds.

Showing strength is different than showing muscle.

Security matters should not be entrusted to people who make decisions without weighing things up.

I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda.

One should never send soldiers on a mission based on just good will and good intent. Unfortunately, that can mean one has to stand by and watch human rights abuses take place.

That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

Those least responsible for climate change are worst affected by it.

Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet.

4. God reveals to humanity, through His Word, the shortest route to success, prosperity andwell-being.

Let's face it some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the Catholic hierarchy.

Female friendship was one-tenth prevention and nine-tenths cleanup.

It is only natural to expect that guilds will tend to "protect their turf" and to resist challenge.

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.

Nature is God's. Art is man's instrument.