Helen Clark quotes

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. (Helen Clark)
Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals. View quote
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I believe I'm the best person for the job. Obviously I'm a woman, but I've never sought election on the basis of being a woman. I've always sought election as the best person for the job. View quote
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Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality. View quote
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I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours. View quote
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We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy. View quote
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If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters. View quote
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Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding. View quote
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The carrot is a happy and harmonious society, the only stick is shame. View quote
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Never look back' is my philosophy. View quote
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Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people. (Helen Clark)
Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks. View quote
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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. View quote
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As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter - it means a lot to us that those processes are followed. View quote
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Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it. View quote
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I have no beliefs of a religious kind. View quote
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Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case. View quote
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I think the issue of North Korea is one where the international community as a whole has to work to resolve the crisis. View quote
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Well of course New Zealand isn't anti-American. View quote
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Health and education are always issues. View quote
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If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder to mobilise money for sub-Saharan, plain poor countries. (Helen Clark)
I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through. View quote
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Business can talk itself into a blue funk. View quote
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New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor issues. View quote
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In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government. View quote
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