23 Quotes by Kjell Magne Bondevik

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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