From my perspective, the state has to assume responsibility for the integrity of international communications.

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.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

While I live my life expecting to live, others expect that they might die. The rules of the world are not the same for all of us.

I was pretty sure I'd just had a nerdgasm.

The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics.

Do not let anyone else run your business

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

When you pose for a photograph, it's behind a smile that isn't yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you is that intensity. I want to make portraits as intense as people.

The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

We [United States] are the only military superpower. We have no idea how long this is going to last, so we ought to get every bad guy we can and fix every problem we can.