In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

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.