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It is typically Norwegian to be good
Sleep is just a symptom of caffeine lack
Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.
We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.
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.
Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.
The immigration must be limited, that is, first and foremost the foreign cultural one.
Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment.
If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.
A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.
Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history.
There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.
If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.
Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.
Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.
Immigrants in Norway must learn Norwegian. The same should Spaniards in Spain do, if they want to work with Norwegians.
The old SV (Socialist Left Party) were useful idiots for the communists in Moscow. Today's SV are useful idiots for Saddam Hussein.
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.
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.
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.
I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River.
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.
Europe is standing on the brink of the greatest tragedy in the history of the human race: a new world war, that may involve the doom of our entire civilisation.
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.
Do not handicap yourself with the idea of revenge, for the trend of things will revenge your wrong not only upon the individuals responsible for your persecution, but on the society that has permitted this lawlessness.
The one common undertaking and universal instrument of the great majority of the human race is the United Nations. A patient, constructive long-term use of its potentialities can bring a real and secure peace to the world.
Politicians and bureaucrats are the new upper class in Norway. It is an upper class that is growing by an increasing number of top-paid politicians in municipalities and counties. They let the people suffer, but let themselves go free.
It is nothing to celebrate that one is gay. Us heterosexuals have never celebrated our orientation. This cheering of gays is disruptive to our society. You can almost get the impression that it is better to be homosexual than heterosexual. I think this is very sad.
It is also a fact that people who are isolated and alienated in their neighborhoods as a result of the large number of neighbors who do not speak Norwegian, who do not follow the Norwegian customs, norms and way of life, could have psychosomatic disorders that can lead to both sickness leave and need for medical help.
Liberalism is fundamentally an ideology of liberation that has throughout history risen in protest against the totalitarian and anti-human movements of various kinds, such as communism and nazism. It is therefore natural that the Progress Party with its liberal base once again stands first in the line and takes up the fight when a new fascist ideology as Islamism is spreading throughout the world.