--- title: "4 Mart Laar Quotes - Famous Politician" description: "Estonian politician and historian (born 1960)... | Mart Laar is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 19..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/mart-laar-69881_economist_my-name-is-mart-laar-i-have-been-twice-p_306662.jpg" --- # Mart Laar (1960) Politician **4** quotes in **66** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mart Laar is a politician. ## Quick Facts About Mart Laar Born April 22, 1960 Profession Politician ## About Mart Laar Estonian politician and historian (born 1960)... \| Mart Laar is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's rapid economic development during the 1990s. He is a member of the centre-right Isamaa party. ## Quotes by Mart Laar > [My name is Mart Laar. I have been twice Prime Minister of Estonia, and I'm not an economist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mart-laar/my-name-is-mart-laar-i-have-been-twice-prime-minister-of-estonia-and/) [Mart Laar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mart-laar/) [Economist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/mart-laar-69881_economist_my-name-is-mart-laar-i-have-been-twice-p_306662.jpg) > [The effort of building an ideal society always leads to violence, often to very extensive violence. Because, whether we like it or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mart-laar/the-effort-of-building-an-ideal-society-always-leads-to-violence/) [Mart Laar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mart-laar/) [Building](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/building/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/mart-laar-69881_building_the-effort-of-building-an-ideal-society_682922.jpg) > [When you grow up in the Soviet society under the communists you heard about the one man who is especially dangerous, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mart-laar/when-you-grow-up-in-the-soviet-society-under-the-communists-you-heard/) [Mart Laar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mart-laar/) [Communist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/mart-laar-69881_communist_when-you-grow-up-in-the-soviet-society-u_2061821.jpg) > [The flat tax I got on my first meeting with Margaret Thatcher, who I admired very much and who was a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mart-laar/the-flat-tax-i-got-on-my-first-meeting-with-margaret-thatcher-who-i/) [Mart Laar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mart-laar/) [Admirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admirer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/mart-laar-69881_admirer_the-flat-tax-i-got-on-my-first-meeting-w_3083745.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mart-laar/#itemlist", "name": "Mart Laar Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My name is Mart Laar. 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