Author: Harri Holkeri

Quotes

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

- Harri Holkeri

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

- Harri Holkeri

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

- Harri Holkeri

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

- Harri Holkeri

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

- Harri Holkeri

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

- Harri Holkeri

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

- Harri Holkeri

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.

- Harri Holkeri

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

- Harri Holkeri

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