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

We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy.

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

You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions.

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

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.