We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.

Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.

This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.

There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups.

Procedures outside the stadiums and in the parking areas still need to be optimized, for example so that emergency medical services can leave the grounds on their way to the hospital faster.

On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.

The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.

The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.

The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force.

The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa.

Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

Overload of information does not ensure education.

Thanks to photography, some memories overstay their welcome.

Man is a rebel, and a rebel is naturally in confusion. He is in conflict with every other rebel. For a rebel by his very nature is selfish. He is seeking his own good and not the good of others.

Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.

I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession.

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.

Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady?" "I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady.

No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.