"There is an untranslatable Romanian word that expresses with great precision the kind of unbearable longing and nosta…"

"Every time I come to Romania, I'm impressed again at just how much progress you've made. In a single generation your …"

"Romania has made a remarkable journey from tyranny to freedom, from captive nation to NATO ally -- and it happened, i…"

"There is no timeless Romania, however. It is my view that the country's distinctive characteristics are to be explain…"

"The Romanian constitution of 1866 was simply an imitation of the Belgian one of 1833. This was a remarkable performan…"

"We must make cleverness our national trait... Stop showing a sullen, frowning face and clenched fist to the West. Sta…"

"Who was your geography teacher? Romania lies in Europe, in France..."

"America knows that Romania's destiny lies in an undivided, democratic, peaceful Europe, where every nation is free, a…"

"The values that govern Romania today -- liberty, openness, tolerance, free markets -- these are values shared by the …"

"România este stat național, suveran și independent, unitar și indivizibil."