My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics.

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

I never promised you a rose garden.

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me.

Many Europeans are confused by the terms Roma and Romania. They wonder if it is an ethnicity or a nation of 22 million citizens.

The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians.

I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

Your billion-dollar ideas don't show up in the middle of dramatic distraction. They show up when you have the business and personal discipline to make space for your creative mind to flourish.

The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.

You can't get a job without experience and you can't get experience until you have a job. Once you solve that problem you are home free.

When we change our thoughts, we can truly change the world.

Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said.

People die and people cry people want me dead.

I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful. You're a perfect human being.