Top 30 Quotes by Harri Holkeri

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

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.

You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions.

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.

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

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

I think we have grave problems. I am very much concerned about environmental questions, even though in Finnish society, we are not facing the most urgent problems.

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.