Kjell Magne Bondevik famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Thinking #Bridges #People
We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Way #Norway #Compromise
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Country #Independent #Borders
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.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Views #Games #Citizens
Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Dignity #Terrorism #Contempt
If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Able #Dare #Humans
A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Independent #Persons #Usefulness
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.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Good Life #Needs #Obsession
Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Political #Patriotism #Purpose
It is typically Norwegian to be good
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Be Good
There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Government #Community #Needs
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.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#People #Movement #Violence
If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Funding #Feels
Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Unique #Needs #Helping
Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Party #Believe #Wings
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.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Fighting #Order #Progress
We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.
-- Kjell Magne Bondevik

#Vision #World #Humane Society

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