“You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things.”

—  Martti Ahtisaari

On working in peace negotiations, as quoted in "Nobel Peace Prize winner wants jobs for the young" in International Herald Tribune (11 October 2008)
Context: You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things. This is not an entertainment show; it's not reality television either.

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Finnish politician and former President of Finland 1937

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