Quotes by Tarja Halonen

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

Success

Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.

— Tarja Halonen

Hope

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

Education

We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.

— Tarja Halonen

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

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

— Tarja Halonen

Wisdom

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

— Tarja Halonen

Wisdom

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

Wisdom