The answer to violence is even more democracy, even more humanity...

We have a high standard of living. ... In Norway, we've tripled our income since 1970. In the rest of western Europe, income has merely doubled.

The Norwegian response to violence is more democracy, more openness and greater political participation.

By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.

As long as NATO changes when the world is changing, we will be very important for the security of all our allies, including the United States.

Evil can kill a person but never conquer a people.

In the end, democratic societies are stronger and more resilient than any autocracy. And more adaptable too.

We are seeking to avoid a new Cold War, avoid a new arms race, and, therefore, we continue to work for a more constructive relationship with Russia, including political dialogue with Russia.

We see a more assertive Russia, which has implemented a very significant military buildup over several years, and a Russia which has used military force against neighbors, especially Ukraine.

Turkey's a valued ally, important ally for NATO, not the least because of its strategic geographic location, bordering Syria and Iraq and close to Russia and the Black Sea.

Today we are all Egyptians.

My child will bear those scars forever, ” Tilv said angrily. “And if he isn’t a fool, perhaps your child will learn from them, ” Neferre returned calmly.

People need to stand up for their wrongs, as they stand up for their rights.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

We were, the two of us, still fragmentary beings, just beginning to sense the presence of an unexpected, to be-aquired reality that would fill us and make us whole.

Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.

Just because she's dead it doesn't mean I stopped loving her or that she stopped loving me. It's just her body that left. The love didn't. —Jenna Richards

My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.

He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.

Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali.

I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.