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"In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex."
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"Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked."
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"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"
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"Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation."
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"There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile."
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"Women are like ovens. We need 5 to 15 minutes to heat up."
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"We Abolition Women are turning the world upside down."
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"If there was one thing I'd like to teach young women, it would be that you can eat and still be fit and lean."
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"Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form."
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"Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions."
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"We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture."
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"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."
Change
"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."
History
"That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well."
Truth
"We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions."
Decision-Making
"We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy."
Philosophy
"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."
Education
"Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal."
Man
"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."
People
"I think we have grave problems. I am very much concerned about environmental questions, even though in Finnish society, we are not facing the most urgent problems."
Environment
"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."
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