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 More Quotes by Toomas Hendrik Ilves More Quotes From Toomas Hendrik Ilves There is no Baltic identity with a common culture, language group, religious tradition. Toomas Hendrik Ilves traditionlanguageidentityculture Generally, people's fear and hesitancy regarding greater computerization comes from a George Orwell/'1984'-based metaphor of a single computer or data base where all your information is stored, knows everything about you, and can use this information at will and for evil purposes. Toomas Hendrik Ilves youevilfearpeople I've been in and out of academia ever since I was young. Toomas Hendrik Ilves everoutbeenyoung 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 thinkreadingrememberfather I was the child of refugees. Toomas Hendrik Ilves refugeeschild 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 democracytechnologysciencepeople 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 cybersecuritytimelong 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 youarchitecturechangepeople 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 neverwell-donenewsfake I knew who Bruce Springsteen was before he had his first record. Toomas Hendrik Ilves firstbeforehewho 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 computersworkpeoplethinking When our diplomats go abroad, they are surprised that they can't do the things that they can do here. Toomas Hendrik Ilves surprisedherethingsgo The problem of online identity is expressed best in an old 'New Yorker' cartoon with a picture of a dog next to a computer, and the dog says, 'No one online knows you're a dog.' Toomas Hendrik Ilves picturebestyoudog I realised that if we were not in the E.U., there were people in the E.U. who were also members of NATO that would veto our joining NATO. Toomas Hendrik Ilves natoourwhopeople 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 yousocietypeacepeople
