--- title: "1 Governments Don Quotes By Kersti Kaljulaid" description: "1 Governments Don quotes by Kersti Kaljulaid. Plus more from Kersti Kaljulaid and more Governments Don sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/kersti-kaljulaid-15206_business_governments-don-t-want-to-be-the-last-on_2185632.jpg" --- > [Governments don't want to be the last ones in the digital sphere if their people and businesses are already there. We have to make clear that the free movement of services in the E.U. also applies in the digital sphere.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/governments-don-t-want-to-be-the-last-ones-in-the-digital-sphere-if/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/kersti-kaljulaid-15206_business_governments-don-t-want-to-be-the-last-on_2185632.jpg) ## Other authors on Governments Don ## More by Kersti Kaljulaid > [Digital society is born when your people refuse to use paper. And in our country, we know that our people refuse to use paper.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/digital-society-is-born-when-your-people-refuse-to-use-paper-and-in/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [My mother was a doctor, and I grew up with her in a little apartment belonging to my grandmother, because the Soviet Union never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/my-mother-was-a-doctor-and-i-grew-up-with-her-in-a-little-apartment/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [We have every reason to put our trust in NATO and in transatlantic cooperation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/we-have-every-reason-to-put-our-trust-in-nato-and-in-transatlantic/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [Not everything is so bad... Whichever way you look at it, we feel that we can face the future when the liberal, democracy-based world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/not-everything-is-so-bad-whichever-way-you-look-at-it-we-feel-that-we/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [Too many people in the world associate democracy with their ability to go and buy more and more every year. I come from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/too-many-people-in-the-world-associate-democracy-with-their-ability/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [As the president of Estonia, I represent the only truly digital society which actually has a state; almost all our citizens' interactions with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/as-the-president-of-estonia-i-represent-the-only-truly-digital/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [I don't want to sound like I'm a special type of Russia hater. There are very few heads of state in Europe that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/i-don-t-want-to-sound-like-i-m-a-special-type-of-russia-hater-there/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [I don't believe Russia would attack a NATO country or NATO as such, no matter which country we are talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/i-don-t-believe-russia-would-attack-a-nato-country-or-nato-as-such-no/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [I don't know of any problems countries in Europe are facing - environment, infrastructure, markets, market development, the fifth freedom being digital freedom, border…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/i-don-t-know-of-any-problems-countries-in-europe-are-facing/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/the-e-u-is-very-popular-in-estonia-and-for-very-good-reasons-not/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [Estonia maintains a two-language school system. I don't know many countries in the world that provide a system like ours. We are making sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/estonia-maintains-a-two-language-school-system-i-don-t-know-many/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [The problem is if Russia is organising exercises - and not being transparent about what exactly these exercises are about - it creates suspicions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/the-problem-is-if-russia-is-organising-exercises-and-not-being/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [People everywhere in the world have Russian connections. There is nothing wrong with having Russian connections as long as you're transparent about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/people-everywhere-in-the-world-have-russian-connections-there-is/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [We are past the stage in our relations that you come to Washington with an empty goody bag and then you go back with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/we-are-past-the-stage-in-our-relations-that-you-come-to-washington/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) > [Our people are willing to work with the government on new technologies. Now, it's a habit; every Estonian looks at it as part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/our-people-are-willing-to-work-with-the-government-on-new/) [Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/governments-don/kersti-kaljulaid/#itemlist", "name": "1 Governments Don Quotes By Kersti Kaljulaid", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Governments don't want to be the last ones in the digital sphere if their people and businesses are already there. We have to make clear that the free movement of services in the E.U. also applies in the digital sphere. 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