"I hate atheists because they want to become gods themselves and think they understand things that no one understands."
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Koivisto in an interview on a Russian radio channel on 26 June 2002. (in Finnish) Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. 3 July 2002. Retrieved 2nd November 2024.
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Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Henrik Koivisto (25 November 1923 − 12 May 2017) was a Finnish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Finland (1968−1970 and 1979−1982) and President of Finland (1982−1994).
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