Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

There are the countries of the north of Europe taking decisions and the countries of the south of Europe that are living under intervention. This division exists.

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

There is no possible negotiation with these killers. Our aim is to win over terrorism. Only by being firm we can stop terrorism. We must be firm fighting the terrorists and opposing the final aims they want to achieve.