“Of course we [with Angela Merkel] discussed our commitment to meeting shared security challenges from countering cyber threats to ensuring that Iran continues to live up to the terms of the Iran nuclear deal.”
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“If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. We won't know what to fight for.”
“If I were German and I had a vote, I might support Angela Merkel.”
“The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the opportunity to elect its own representatives and have some political power on Capitol Hill.”
“I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements, and that those achievements should not be taken for granted.”
“It is not so much the United States that is trying to push the European Union in one direction or another, it is developing nations as a whole that are pushing the United States and Europe to open their markets a little more.”
“I am optimistic that humanity is going to make it, that humanity is going to reach, finally, a new state of consciousness which will then create a different kind of world.”
“The things I thought would happen didn't. Things I never anticipated unfolded.”
“New generations have unprecedented power to make great changes. Take the music business for example. The new generations have toppled the music industry by file sharing, downloading, and Myspace. Rock 'n' roll belongs to the people.”
“Even before I helped to co-found Microsoft, I saw a connected future . . . I called that future The Wired World.”
“In the past, the U.S. has shown its capacity to reinvent its gifts for leadership. During the 1970s, in the aftermath of the Nixon abdication and the Ford and Carter presidencies, the whole nation peered into the abyss, was horrified by what it saw and elected Ronald Reagan as president, which began a national resurgence.”
“As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? By ensuring that Canada's place in the world is one of influence and pride.”
“Elections have consequences. And I fundamentally believe - this is my personal opinion, I know it's a slightly partisan thing to say - to really do what we think needs to be done, we're going to have to win some elections.”
“I believe in the principles that built America, I believe in the Constitution.”
“By getting rid of loopholes, you are making the system more fair so people who make the same kind of money pay the same taxes.”
“There`s a long conversation we`re going to have about how to enforce immigration laws. But physically securing the border is essential.”
“I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.”
“Look at the potential for America. Look at the direction we've been going. Look at the direction we need to go.”
“There are various different kinds of conservatives and different kinds of Republicans. We all come from different corners of our party. The key here is not only to unify and merge these approaches, but to also invite everyone else in America to get us focused on our solutions.”
“We all need to rededicate ourselves to making America great and making it a more perfect union.”