That was something that shaped my thinking regarding Estonia: the idea that we should be getting our young people to work with computers.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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

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

The fake news is - I mean, as a tool of warfare - has been there for decades and decades and decades. It was never very well done until, really, the Ukraine, though I would say that the Russians used to complain about fake things to say the State Department.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

If getting young people computer-literate through putting school systems online is a no-brainer, at least in retrospect, getting older people and those in rural areas online can be a tougher nut to crack.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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

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

The Soviet Union collapsed without a lot of people thinking it should or would, whereas for Estonia, it was something we'd been praying for for 60 years.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Where a country lies is a subjective decision and only in part a product of its own desire. Much, if not most, is determined by what others believe about it.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

The thing people forget is that the entire world - or, at least, Europe, U.S., transatlantic, Russia, Soviet Union - that security architecture has been in place since 1945 and has been refined. Already, the U.N. charter that everyone signed is that you can't change borders through use of force or even threat of use of force.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

The domestic policy of any president, U.S. or otherwise, is his or her own concern, as long as democratic norms are followed.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

I've been in and out of academia ever since I was young.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

There was a period in my life when I was very young that I wrote a sonnet a day just to learn concision in writing.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

The whole information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure must be regarded as an 'ecosystem' in which everything is interconnected. It functions as a whole; it must be defended as a whole.

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

I was the child of refugees.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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

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

Sanctions work over time. They do work, but it takes years for them to have an effect.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

I knew who Bruce Springsteen was before he had his first record.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Toomas Hendrik Ilves Quotes

That was something that shaped my thinking regarding Estonia: the idea that we should be getting our young people to work with computers.

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.

The fake news is - I mean, as a tool of warfare - has been there for decades and decades and decades. It was never very well done until, really, the Ukraine, though I would say that the Russians used to complain about fake things to say the State Department.

If getting young people computer-literate through putting school systems online is a no-brainer, at least in retrospect, getting older people and those in rural areas online can be a tougher nut to crack.

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?

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.

The Soviet Union collapsed without a lot of people thinking it should or would, whereas for Estonia, it was something we'd been praying for for 60 years.

Where a country lies is a subjective decision and only in part a product of its own desire. Much, if not most, is determined by what others believe about it.

The domestic policy of any president, U.S. or otherwise, is his or her own concern, as long as democratic norms are followed.

I've been in and out of academia ever since I was young.

There was a period in my life when I was very young that I wrote a sonnet a day just to learn concision in writing.

The whole information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure must be regarded as an 'ecosystem' in which everything is interconnected. It functions as a whole; it must be defended as a whole.

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.'

I was the child of 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.

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.

Sanctions work over time. They do work, but it takes years for them to have an effect.

I knew who Bruce Springsteen was before he had his first record.