28 Toomas Hendrik Ilves Quotes for You to Enjoy

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Estonian Politician

Born: Dec 26, 1953

Been Country Democracy News People You

Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders Jeremy Corbyn John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy

Fake news is cheap to produce. Genuine journalism is expensive. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

News Fake News Cheap Journalism Genuine Fake Expensive Produce

In Germany, a country that for obvious reasons is far more attuned than most to the dangers of demagogy, populism, and nationalism, lawmakers have already proposed taking legal measures against fake news. When populist, nationalist fake news threatens the liberal democratic center, other Europeans may follow suit. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

News Legal Country Fake News Nationalism Other Liberal Dangers Follow Threatens Lawmakers More Proposed Taking Most Democratic Obvious Attuned Fake Germany Than May Nationalist Center Against Far Measures Reasons Europeans Populist Suit

When hackers have access to powerful computers that use brute force hacking, they can crack almost any password; even one user with insecure access being successfully hacked can result in a major breach. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

In a modern digitalized world, it is possible to paralyze a country without attacking its defense forces: The country can be ruined by simply bringing its SCADA systems to a halt. To impoverish a country, one can erase its banking records. The most sophisticated military technology can be rendered irrelevant. In cyberspace, no country is an island. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Technology World Country Military Defense Ruined Possible Systems No Country Paralyze Records Attacking Simply Sophisticated Most Rendered Forces Without Island Halt Erase Modern Irrelevant Banking Cyberspace Bringing

The E-government cabinet, E-health services, online voting, online pre-filled tax returns, e-mobile parking, are all examples of Estonian innovation, but far more importantly, they are examples of the transformative power of intensive and extensive use of Information Technology in the public sector. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Technology Innovation Voting Power Sector Examples Online More Parking Cabinet Returns Importantly Intensive Tax Information Information Technology Transformative Public Tax Returns Far Use Public Sector Services Extensive

Because of cyberattacks and fake news, we can already imagine the problem all democratic societies will face in future elections: how to limit lies when they threaten democracy? Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Future News Democracy Problem Will Face Fake News Lies Threaten Democratic Democratic Societies Because Limit Fake How Elections Societies Imagine

Cybersecurity needs to be taken seriously by everyone. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Needs Seriously Everyone Taken

Russia has had very aggressive military exercises. They've practiced mock nuclear attacks on Warsaw. Russian bombers practiced attacking strategic military targets in Sweden. The military aggression gets everybody nervous. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

I remember starting to read about the Soviet Union when I was eight years old; I think I was reading my father's 'New York Times.' Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Remember Old Father Reading Think About New Read Years Times York Soviet Soviet Union New York Eight New York Times Union Starting

I was the child of refugees. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Child Refugees

People who come out of the liberal arts don't have an understanding of science and technology, and the people in science and technology have very little experience with liberal arts and the traditions of a liberal democracy. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Democracy Technology Science Experience People Science And Technology Understanding Liberal Liberal Arts Liberal Democracy Out Come Traditions Very Arts Little Who

The first time cyber was even a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, which is - I mean, we've got hundreds of specialists there - was 2011. That's how long it took. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Time Long First Panel Took Hundreds Security First Time Got How Conference Discussion Which Mean Cyber Even Specialists Munich

In both Russia and the U.S., there are a very small number of very, very rich people, and then there are a lot of people who don't have anything. The less inequality you have in a society, the more social peace you have. It's kind of a no-brainer. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Until defense of democracy in the digital era is taken up by governments collectively, both in NATO and outside the alliance, liberal democracies will remain vulnerable to the cyberthreats of the 21st century. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Democracy Digital Will NATO Defense Liberal Collectively Both Alliance Remain Outside Taken Until Vulnerable Era Governments Up Century

Nothing costs more than the loss of freedom. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Freedom Nothing More Costs Loss Than

In cyberwarfare, it is much harder to identify the attacker and, therefore, to know how to retaliate. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Retaliate Know Identify How Much Therefore Harder

The rights that people have offline must also be protected online. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Rights People Must Online Also Protected

Since I've been writing about things my entire life, I thought, 'Well, that's what I would do as a president is to read and then write and talk about things that are interesting to me.' Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Life Me Writing Thought President Would Entire About Entire Life Write Since Talk Well Read Been Interesting Then Things

I was surprised by some of my French colleagues who immediately assumed that because I spoke English with an American accent, that, therefore, you must be a supporter of whoever is the current president of the United States. There seems to be this widespread feeling that, 'Oh, American accent - therefore, you like cowboy boots.' Toomas Hendrik Ilves

You Feeling Assumed President States Immediately Colleagues Boots Must Some Seems Spoke Supporter Like French Accent Because Surprised Cowboy American American Accent Current Oh English Who Whoever Therefore United United States Widespread

It's much cheaper to influence elections than it is to go to war. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

War Cheaper Go Than Influence Much Elections

When your country is in dire straits, it doesn't matter whether you're a social democrat or not. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

You Matter Country Dire Democrat Whether Social Your

Toomas Hendrik Ilves Quotes

No more Toomas Hendrik Ilves quotes