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" Cyber attacks rain down on us from many places. You have to make your systems secure and safe and teach your people cyber hygiene. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Cyber
People
Down
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" We have every reason to put our trust in NATO and in transatlantic cooperation. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
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NATO
Trust
" My mother was a doctor, and I grew up with her in a little apartment belonging to my grandmother, because the Soviet Union never saw fit to let our family have its own apartment. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Mother
Family
Doctor
" In Estonia, our greatest national treasure is our egalitarian educational system. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Estonia
Treasure
Greatest
" The E.U. is a common platform where we come together and agree to do certain things. But the E.U. is never going to take over the responsibility which governments have for prosperity and security of their people. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Together
Never
Responsibility
" Too many people in the world associate democracy with their ability to go and buy more and more every year. I come from a country where it's much more popular to remind people that democracy is available at every income level, and this is something which you need to protect. "
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You
World
People
" In Estonia, the Russian minority can move freely, travel freely, work anywhere in Europe. "
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Europe
Work
Travel
" Small nations have no time for small goals - they have to think big in order to become contributors. "
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Think Big
Think
Small
" There are high hopes of France and what they're trying to achieve there by liberalising the labour market and other reforms. You lose some, you gain some. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Gain
High
Lose
" The E.U. is more resilient than we give it credit for. We always muddle through. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Give
More
Through
" From kindergarten, I knew that politics is something that you talk about only at home, because if you weren't quiet, your parents might be taken to prison. All Estonian families have these kind of stories. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
You
Politics
Parents
" The problem is if Russia is organising exercises - and not being transparent about what exactly these exercises are about - it creates suspicions as to their objectives. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Transparent
Objectives
Problem
" Globally, we need to make sure that markets are open... If we see that there are restrictions on free trade, then simple economic logic will demonstrate that this is not beneficial. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Need
Logic
Free
" Estonia is proud of the fact that the country today has a flourishing and happy Jewish life. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Fact
Today
Proud
" If we look decades ago, we know that NATO allies contributed a lot of equipment close to the border of the Soviet Union. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Soviet
Union
NATO
" Not everything is so bad... Whichever way you look at it, we feel that we can face the future when the liberal, democracy-based world sticks together. We have great trust that it will. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Trust
World
Future
" In 2008, when Russia attacked Georgia, Western countries took it as an isolated incident, but probably this was the start of the push against our underlying international security architecture. And this push then started a landslide which in 2014 resulted in Crimean occupation. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Start
Architecture
Push
" I must recall with gratitude those 178 Jewish women and men who participated in the Estonian War of Independence. Both of our nations know what it means to keep your identity and freedom even under the pressure of foreign powers, and we can be proud of their achievements. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Freedom
Identity
War
" People everywhere in the world have Russian connections. There is nothing wrong with having Russian connections as long as you're transparent about it. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
People
Long
World
" We want to be sure that both NATO's territory and NATO soldiers are well protected. We need to make sure that there is the air defense and the air support for these forces in case that is necessary. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Well
Support
Soldiers
" We are past the stage in our relations that you come to Washington with an empty goody bag and then you go back with a bag filled with stuff. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
You
Back
Bag
" NATO's deterrence has always been adequate, and I'm not worried about the physical security of my country. Not at all. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Security
Physical
Country
" I don't want to sound like I'm a special type of Russia hater. There are very few heads of state in Europe that would not like to have very good relations with Russia. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Russia
Want
Sound
" Everybody has the right to decide their own fate. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Fate
Right
Decide
" Estonia maintains a two-language school system. I don't know many countries in the world that provide a system like ours. We are making sure that our Russian-speaking minority feels comfortable and involved in this country. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Know
School
World
" Sometimes I hear, particularly from Russia, that we simply hate Russia and don't like to co-operate, that we are hysterical about the risks. But this is totally untrue. We would greatly benefit economically if our neighbour was a democratic, developing country. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Russia
Risks
Hate
" Our main concern will always be security. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Security
Always
Concern
" We've had Vice President Pence visiting Tallinn, where he met not only with me but also with my other Baltic colleagues - Lithuanian President Ms. Grybauskaite and Latvian President Mr. Vejonis. And, of course, Vice President Pence has been very clear that NATO acts as a whole. Attack against one is attack against all. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Me
Against
Attack
" The U.S., together with trans-Atlantic allies, never recognized the occupation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union. Moscow faced pressure or retaliation every time it tried to move toward official recognition, or at least acceptance, of its claim that the Baltic states were Soviet republics. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Time
Recognition
Together
" The E.U. is very popular in Estonia, and for very good reasons - not because Estonia has received considerable support from the E.U., but because Europe supports the values which keep small states safe in this world. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Support
Small
Values
" I am very worried about politicians who know that their countries are greatly benefiting financially and at the same time are saying that the European Union is not good for us. The message has to be coherent. "
Kersti Kaljulaid
Message
I Am
Know