"It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh eithe…"

"To be a leader, you must be able to make decisions. And if you can't make decisions, you're not a leader."

"We don’t rejoice in the death of our enemies. We are sad that we have to kill them."

"We don’t want to be a nation of shopkeepers. We want to be a nation of students, of scholars, of scientists, of artists, of writers. We want to be a nation of people who can sing, who can dance, who c…"

"We are a small country, and we have to be tough."