Author: Harri Holkeri

Quotes

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

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

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 every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

- Harri Holkeri

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

- Harri Holkeri

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

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

- Harri Holkeri

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