Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something.

There's a rumour going around that states cannot go bankrupt. This rumour is not true.

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century.

Alliances are part of our destiny as a nation, part of our future as a nation and this is what guides me in my policy, what guides my government as a whole.

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

It seems to me that the fact that I am a woman is a bigger issue than the fact that I'm from the East. For me it isn't really important. I've only ever known myself as a woman.

I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand.