I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda.

Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.

You cannot protect something without intervening on some level.

Everyone learns in a crisis.

The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.

I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into its own country.

Political leaders have to withstand headwinds.

Showing strength is different than showing muscle.

Security matters should not be entrusted to people who make decisions without weighing things up.

One should never send soldiers on a mission based on just good will and good intent. Unfortunately, that can mean one has to stand by and watch human rights abuses take place.

From my perspective, the state has to assume responsibility for the integrity of international communications.

I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job

You are the only common denominator in everything that has happened to you in life, be it good or bad. To learn/grow from these experiences, you must accept the role you played in each of them.

I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating.

The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.

A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.

You realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching. You wonder, if there had been a low turnout at the crucifixion, would they have rescheduled?

To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

Be still, then, thou uneasy mortal; know that God is unerringly wise; and be assured that, amidst the greatest multiplicity of beings, He does not overlook thee.

We need to define gentrification as separate from the process of displacement.