I have grown used to the fact that public repentance is the most unacceptable option for the modern politician.

In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions.

Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction.

Why should I trust you? We haven't drunk from the same bowl of soup.

I think the gap between rich and poor is an extremely dangerous phenomenon and needs the immediate attention of the state.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

There is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe.