 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. |
| Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping. |
| There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages. |
| Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed. |
| In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex. |
| Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there. |
