Juho Kusti Paasikivi quotes

Juho Kusti Paasikivi was a Finnish politician and the seventh President of Finland. His leadership guided the country through critical post-war years and shaped its pragmatic foreign policy. He is remembered for the “Paasikivi doctrine,” emphasizing Finland’s peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union. Here are 2 of his quotes:

The immutable Russian policy is to get whatever they can with the least possible effort, and then ask for more. They never sacrifice their immediate benefits for future goals. They never take into account what has been said, but what has been done. They try to exact a high price for anything that they understand they have to do in any case. They are immune to ethical, humanitarian and abstract juridical arguments, being affected only by practical and realistic points of view.

Juho Kusti Paasikivi