"I am not a doctor, but I know how to cure my country."

"The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know."

"When you have to deal with a bear, you have to kill it or let it run away. You cannot just cut off its paws and expect it to be harmless."

"I shall cut a window through to Europe."

"We need Europe for a few decades; then we must turn our back on it."