Foreign Leaders

Even those who accused us of a lot of things, we say thank you because when people challenge you, you learn something.

As you know France declared an initial state of emergency for three months then prolonged it for another three months. Then they prolonged it for another three months. So there is no obstacle in terms of prolonging it… Initially of course it is three months but after three months we can ask for a second three month period and extend it.

We will not ignore attempts to interfere with our democratic processes.

Given the gaps of trust that exist, that's a tough negotiation, and we haven't yet closed the gaps in a way where we think it would actually work.

Open to the idea that – for a period yet to be determined – there should be no financing from abroad for the construction of mosques.

The U.S. tells us to give up our nuclear program, is preparing a nuclear attack against us, and on the other hand would tell its allies to have nuclear weapons. Isn't this (a) double standard?

And I said this when I testified for 11 hours that no one has thought more about or lost more sleep over the lives that we lost, the four Americans, which was devastating. And we owe to those brave Americans that we make sure we learn the right lessons from this tragedy.

The entire nation deeply identifies with the family's pain and declares to the murderers: You will not break us.

We live off this image as an open and tolerant place. Homophobic violence has hit crisis levels, and it’s getting worse.

Being responsible means not wasting time in engaging with the question of Britain’s departure and setting this new impulse we want to lend the new European Union.

We can't be the policeman to the world and have $19 trillion in debt, going up to $21 trillion.

It’s not five people, it’s not ten people, it’s not 1,000 people. We are talking about millions of people arriving in bulk numbers in Greece. Who is going to feed them? Who is going to establish all the mechanisms so they can survive safely? So, I think the United States should intervene, not only the European nations.