Olof Palme Quotes & Sayings

We say yes to the society of solidarity and democracy where free people together, in mutual respect and under mutual responsibility, shape a life where everyone has equal opportunities and equal value. — Olof Palme

Human beings will find a balanced situation when they do good things not because God says it, but because they feel like doing them. — Olof Palme

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people. — Olof Palme

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. — Olof Palme

History provides many examples of democracy crushed by people who said to be the champion of "genuine democracy" and "the people's real meaning". The realization about this may lead us to a defence position that conceals that democracy is an extraordinarily demanding way of rule. It must constantly find new ways to revitalize, to reach out to people and make them active. Dictatorships offers a machinery of obedience, closed and externally well-oiled. Democracy is based on fairness, openness and pulsating life. Therefore it must constantly be won again. — Olof Palme

Apartheid cannot be reformed, it has to be eliminated. — Olof Palme