Egils Levits quotes

Egils Levits is a Latvian judge, lawyer, and former President of Latvia. Renowned for his significant contributions to constitutional law and statehood, his work has shaped Latvia’s legal and political landscape. He continues to influence Latvian society through his scholarship and leadership. Here are 7 of his quotes:

Many generations create a common good. We are only a part of that sequence of generations.

Egils Levits

Common good also has a future dimension. Our task is hand over our country to the next generations better than we inherited that. One's own country must be continuously adjusted, renewed and modernised so that it would be sustainable. That is our duty towards the history.

Egils Levits

Latvian language, culture, history and world outlook do not belong to Latvians only. Everyone who identifies oneself with some minority is kindly welcome to participate in the life of the country by preserving one's minority culture, language, and traditions in parallel. It is a contribution to richness and diversity of Latvia's culture.

Egils Levits

The ideal country does not exist, as progress would discontinue. A life without ideals would be individually miserable and politically useless.

Egils Levits

We have inherited our country from the previous generations, which had won and shaped it. Own country is an excellent value per se.

Egils Levits

The Freedom Monument impersonates the message about the will of state of the founders of the country and Latvian people, our dreams about freedom, ur readiness to fight for it, and our readiness to safeguard it.

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