There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages. Harri Holkeri Read Quote
I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations. Harri Holkeri Read Quote
You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions. Harri Holkeri Read Quote
In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds. Harri Holkeri Read Quote
In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided. Harri Holkeri Read Quote
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. Harri Holkeri Read Quote
Men and women have roles – their roles are different, but their rights are equal. Harri Holkeri Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
