Tarja Halonen Quotes

• The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.

  Tarja Halonen

  Opportunity, Creative, Males

  Speech at The Opening Of The Women Of Learning Exhibition In Helsinki, www.helsinki.fi. August 5, 2000.

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• Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.

  Tarja Halonen

  Looks, Economy

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• We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.

  Tarja Halonen

  Country, Equality, Gender

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• Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.

  Tarja Halonen

  Problem, Inequality, Competence

  Tarja Halonen's speech at the opening of the Women of Learning exhibition in Helsinki, www.helsinki.fi. August 5, 2000.

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• The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality.

  Tarja Halonen

  Strong, Equality, Justice

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• Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.

  Tarja Halonen

  Keys, Miracle, Nuclear

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• It is positive that the change in Finland means a rush in the elections and not in the streets.

  Tarja Halonen

  Mean, Election, Finland

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• It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people.

  Tarja Halonen

  Law, People, Globalization

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• Finland, and all the other European countries, we are too dependent on imported energy. We should be using a broader variety of energy resources.

  Tarja Halonen

  Country, Energy, Resources

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• European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.

  Tarja Halonen

  Discipline, Citizens, Unions

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• Women receive easily the most difficult assignments.

  Tarja Halonen

  Assignments, Difficult

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