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Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

— Harri Holkeri

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds.

— Harri Holkeri

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

— Victor Hugo

Finland is no utopia.

— Bernie Sanders

Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement.

— Ruben Santiago-Hudson

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

— Harri Holkeri

When Ukrainians kill Ukrainians, I believe this is as close to a civil war as you can get.

— Sergei Lavrov

Like several hundred thousand fellow Karelians, we became refugees in our own country as great power politics caused the borders of Finland to be redrawn and left my home town as part of the Soviet Union.

— Martti Ahtisaari

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.

— Ludwig Quidde

Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.

— Olav Thon

✗Opposing Perspectives

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

— Victor Hugo