Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

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…

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on t…

- Kjell Magne Bondevik

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

- Kjell Magne Bondevik