Harri Holkeri

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#big #council #eye #general #general assembly

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

— Harri Holkeri

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We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

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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

#global #individuals #living #may #much

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#born #child #concerned #first #good

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. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

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Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

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Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

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

— Harri Holkeri

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