Helen Clark Quotes
Top 35 wise famous quotes and sayings by Helen Clark
Helen Clark Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Helen Clark on Wise Famous Quotes.
I don't know that you're ever going to persuade New Zealanders that they're not going to own their own homes and I'm not going to try.
I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
I think the issue of North Korea is one where the international community as a whole has to work to resolve the crisis.
In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.
Of course as a small country you're not necessarily in the strongest negotiating position unless you're negotiating with other small countries.
Equity, dignity, happiness, sustainability - these are all fundamental to our lives but absent in the GDP.
Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.
I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.
Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.
New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor issues.
Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind.
Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.
We're a nation in search of an identity, but it's quite exciting. I don't regard it as a problem. It's a challenge.
New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand.
I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.
If ordinary means I have suddenly got to produce a household of kids and iron Peter's shirts, I'm sorry, I'm not interested.
We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy.
It's fair to say that, for much of my lifetime, New Zealand certainly was a property-owning democracy and working people, ordinary people, had assets.
In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.