According to the comprehensive Global Burden of Disease project, the leading risk factors for ill health and premature death are linked to lifestyle, what we eat and drink and how much we exercise. Disease prevention does not occur in the hospital. We need the whole of society to be involved. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
If Hamas wants to be part of the real world, it has to end up accepting Israel’s right to exist. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
In general, it should be in our interest to get organizations out of military activity and into politics. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
Norway will be recognized as an open democracy with the rule of law, with the universal human rights, and with the broad international engagement on the international scene taking upon ourselves responsibilities, because we are a privileged country. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
The notion of ‘we’ is very important. I think, for any family, any community to be able to say ‘we’ in this family, it means something. It’s dangerous to society when somebody will place himself or herself on the outside of ‘we.’ Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language. But, yes, it is a challenge. And democracy and democratic debate has to be open to take that debate openly and not push questions aside. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
Virtually all modern forms of extremism accuse liberal Western democratic systems of being hypocritical and, ultimately, weak. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
I experienced how foreign aid for large-scale vaccination projects helps to save the life of children and thus give a real input to growth and to escaping poverty. Jonas Gahr Store Read Quote
