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Nyrkki -> (3/25/2003 1:43:37 PM)
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Mannerheim never was a great speaker. He grew up in a swedish speaking family and spent a major part of his life abroad. As a result his finnish was far from perfect and sounded quite funny (Mannerheim's bad finnish is still a joke in in Finland).
So Mannerheim is not remembered so much for what he said, but for what he did. We Finns think that talking is an overrated way of communication, anyway.
I have one quote for you though. This one is from Mannerheims first general order of the day to the armed forces, after the start of the winter war.
"We fight for home, faith and fatherland". I think that pretty well sums up what the winter war was all about for Finland.
Nyrkki
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