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"We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions."
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"See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented."
"A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee."
"You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions."
"The decision violates both the letter and spirit of the law."
"In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em."
"There isn't as much passion and outrage in today's newspapers. That may be because of a corporate decision, but they've lost their personality."
"It is only in our decisions that we are important."
"Within the last three years the amount of classified materials has doubled to 15.6 million decisions to classify documents."
"It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good."
"Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered."
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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."
"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."
"There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages."
"We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy."
"One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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