Top 30 Quotes by 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

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

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.

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.