Mauno Koivisto Quote

One must not be provoked when someone provokes him.

Koivisto used this phrase for example in 2008 when replying to Toomas Hendrik Ilves who had accused him of having opposed Estonian independence. Presidentti Koivisto: Ei pidä provosoitua Uusi Suomi. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2017.