17 Estonia Quotes for You to Enjoy

In 1994, Estonia became the first European country to adopt a flat tax, and its 26 percent flat tax dramatically energized what had been a faltering economy. Before adopting the flat tax, the Estonian economy was literally shrinking. In the eight years after 1994, Estonia experienced real economic growth - averaging 5.2 percent per year. Arthur Laffer

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I hope one day when I say I'm from Estonia, people don't say: 'What? Where's that?' Carmen Kass

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I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug trade. Howard Coble

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I think it's quite good to be famous in Estonia - much easier than in the U.S. Kelly Sildaru

Good Think Easier Than Quite Famous Estonia Much

I grew up in a small town in the woods of Estonia, and there was not much else around me besides nature. It was stunning, but I dreamt of meeting eccentric people and going exciting places. Music became my escape. I thought if I got good enough, I could leave. Kerli

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When I left Estonia, I was 16. I just wanted to leave; I wanted to see the world so much. Kerli

World See Leave Left Just Wanted Estonia Much

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. Kersti Kaljulaid

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

National Our System Greatest Educational Egalitarian Estonia Treasure

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

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I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received. Lennart Meri

Happy Compliments Always Am Estonia Received

I was in my early 20s when Estonia joined the E.U. For a kid who'd grown up in the Soviet Union, it seemed like my country had come of age. For a country that had been isolated and cut off from the rest of the world, it seemed like we were becoming part of the global community. It opened a whole new world of possibility. Taavet Hinrikus

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For Estonia, joining Europe meant our potential as a country increased - not decreased - because of that connectedness. Taavet Hinrikus

Country Increased Our Potential Joining Because Estonia Meant Europe

Creating a new country from scratch has given Estonia the license to imagine what a country could be. Taavet Hinrikus

Country License Given Could New Scratch Estonia Creating Imagine

The fact that Skype was founded in Estonia, the fact that Skype had a successful exit, which meant that Estonia benefited in a major way, meant that entrepreneurship became legitimate. There were more than a thousand people who either worked or had worked at Skype who had seen what it takes to build a global business. Taavet Hinrikus

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When Estonia reestablished its sovereignty after a half century of successive thuggish, totalitarian, foreign occupations by the Soviets, the Nazis, and then again the Soviets, we knew we wanted to create a democratic country characterized by rule of law and respect for human rights. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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