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 Copy Share Image
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. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned;… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
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… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
