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" 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

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" As the president of Estonia, I represent the only truly digital society which actually has a state; almost all our citizens' interactions with the government, including voting, can be done securely online, and our 'e-residents' can incorporate and run their businesses in Estonia without ever having to set foot here. "

" It is interesting that cyberwarfare is developing into something conventional and attacking objects, infrastructure, and critical services. "

" Small nations have no time for small goals - they have to think big in order to become contributors. "

" NATO's deterrence has always been adequate, and I'm not worried about the physical security of my country. Not at all. "

" In Estonia, our greatest national treasure is our egalitarian educational system. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everybody has the right to decide their own fate. "

" 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. "

" 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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Our people are willing to work with the government on new technologies. Now, it's a habit; every Estonian looks at it as part of our national identity. We understand that this allows us to provide better services to our people than our money would allow. "

" If we look decades ago, we know that NATO allies contributed a lot of equipment close to the border of the Soviet Union. "

" Every state aspiring to be part of the free world, able to decide its own destiny, deserves its chance. They may, in a not too distant future, contribute to all of us in ways we cannot imagine today. "

" In Estonia, the Russian minority can move freely, travel freely, work anywhere in Europe. "

" The E.U. is more resilient than we give it credit for. We always muddle through. "

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" 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. "

" Most new jobs created by global digital opportunities make people more independent. Fewer people will work for one company at a time or in the same country all the time. More will work remotely across borders. "

" 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. "

" Digital society is born when your people refuse to use paper. And in our country, we know that our people refuse to use paper. If you arrive at such a point in your development, you have to make your digital state always secure. "

" We have every reason to put our trust in NATO and in transatlantic cooperation. "

" 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. "