We are a strong democratic country.

Technology should be an important ingredient. It may be and should be a tool for social development.

The nation is a community. Community of individuals, community of generations.

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.

There is simply no room for anti-Semitism in a democratic and law-abiding state.

And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.

We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO.

Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO.

To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries.

So I think that is from the European perspective, for the European future, this engagement can be one of the most important and effective decisions in the last 50 years maybe.

And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.

Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.

The best way to check what you want is to first imagine that you have nothing and then check if the thing you want really matters to you. Your priorities would change

Nothing could be more reckless than to base one's moral philosophy on the latest pronouncements of science.

Somehow when you see a politician kiss a baby, shake a hand -- kiss anything -- it is tainted.

I wouldn't want to roll the dice on Kabul by myself, because I really think getting killed is definitely a possibility there. A very good possibility.

I would hope that Kanye [West] would be remembered for being smart and sticking to what he believes.

Sometimes you buy the horse, sometimes you invest in the jockey. It really comes down to the actual business and the upside.

When I am told I am too old to do something, I try to do it right away.

The truth of history crowds out the truth of fiction - as if one were obliged to choose between them.

It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are not better off than they were before.