If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

The problem with striving for the best, is that there will be always better than the best.

When something needs to be said, I'll say it even if the whole world grabs me by the neck and tells me to keep quiet.

If all you can promise me is today, I'll take it and hope for tomorrow.

There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.

D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.

Do not believe hastily.

In books I converse with men, in the Bible I converse with God.