Uuno Kailas Quotes

Uuno Kailas, born Frans Uno Salonen was a Finnish poet, author, and translator. Together with Kaarlo Sarkia, Kailas was the most prominent Finnish poet of the 1930s. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. March 1901 – 22. March 1933
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Uuno Kailas Quotes

“The border cracks open facing Asia and the East.
With the West and Europe behind me,
I, the guard, protect it.”

Uuno Kailas, cited in: Mikael af Malmborg, ‎Bo Stråth (2002), The Meaning of Europe, p. 157

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