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Sauli Niinistö Quotes

born 1948 Finland

Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who has served as the 12th President of Finland since 2012. Previously he had been a member of the Parliament from 1987 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2011, the leader of the National Coalition Party from 1994 to 2001, the Minister for Finance from 1996 to 2003 and the Speaker of the Parliament from 2007 to 2011.

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Also known as: Niinisto

Random Sauli Niinistö quote

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The masks have now been taken off, showing only the face of war.

We should also pay attention to those who warn against plunging into a new Cold War as a knee-jerk reaction, without consideration for what happens next.

Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay

The dialogue with Turkey on this situation needs to continue.

Turkey’s concern over terrorism needs to be taken seriously. A large amount of Turkish people, ordinary citizens, have lost their lives in terrorist attacks.

Do we have to let every tree stay up and rot in the way that all our forests will turn into impassable thickets that are nicely called virgin forests? And just in order to ensure that every furniture beetle and cockroach can live a diverse and happy life. We the Finns are close to nature but why would we conserve so much that we run out of bread?

I can naturally not state the positions of Sweden, but according to my understanding our approaches are quite similar.

The surprise was that he took it so calmly

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sauli Niinistö (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.