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

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

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.

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

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.

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.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

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 against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

The child was slender as fleeting hope.

You are the child of this universe. For you, she was waiting billions of years.

When the young womanleans over the sky, about to water the flowers as well as the weeds, her white front splits openuntil her milk runs.

We must bring back dignity to hard work.

The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of antiquity.

People just jump right to, 'We're going to create this really cool thing and put it out there and people are going to magically find it.' You have to market your marketing.

No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.

I would date a fan, I dont have a problem with that. I look for a good sense of humour in a girlfriend.

Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.