We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook.

There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it.

The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.

The knife in the hand of a murderer kills, but if you give it to a doctor he will heal with it.

My own daughters weren't able to study in Turkey because of their headscarves, so they went to the United States.

If we look at history, we will see that regimes which persecute [their people] do not remain standing.

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry.

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

All the great works of art, the cathedrals - the Gothic cathedrals and the splendid Baroque churches - are a luminous sign of God, and thus are truly a manifestation, an epiphany of God.

What I do will be straight up. Management knows that.

All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing.

When life follows the course of our desires, it is easy to be swept along without thought.

It does not matter how smart you are if nobody knows what you are talking about.

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

If your life is going to be dictated by what's comfortable, your life will stink.

Gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.

I watched my head rolling on the floor. It landed face up and a big tear came out of one eye.

Most physicians regard abortion as a stigmatized operation done by people who are otherwise incompetent and can't do anything else.