Kjell Magne Bondevik Quotes

• Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

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  Thinking, Bridges, People

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• We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

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  Views, Games, Citizens

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• We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

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  Good Life, Needs, Obsession

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• We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

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  Way, Norway, Compromise

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• It is typically Norwegian to be good

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  Be Good, Norwegians

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• Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

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  Dignity, Terrorism, Contempt

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• A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

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  Independent, Persons, Usefulness

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• Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.

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  Political, Patriotism, Purpose

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• Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment.

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  Party, Believe, Wings

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• There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.

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  Government, Community, Needs

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• Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

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  People, Violence, Movement

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• If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.

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  Funding, Feels, Ifs

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• If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

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  Able, Dare, Humans

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• Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

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  Unique, Needs, Helping

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• Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.

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  Country, Independent, Borders

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• The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap.

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  Fighting, Order, Burden Of Proof

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• We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

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  Vision, World, Relinquishing

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