I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.
From Harri Holkeri
Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.
In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.
Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed.
We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy.
My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.
That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.
Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.
In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.
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