Helen Clark Quotes (47 Quotes)

His political future looks difficult right now . . . the balance of probability now is that he won't survive ... The president won't be the president in a little time.

I don't accept that stereotype. I do see my style as being one of strong leadership.

We can take pride ... in being nuclear free and in having the strength and independence not to send our young people off to fight in unjust wars,

Further talks to progress arrangements around forming a government are likely to be held in the coming week.

the government was renewing and refreshing itself for the third term in government.

There is not a great deal in it for agriculture exporters like New Zealand,

It does set very dangerous precedents. It would now be difficult to find a common international approach to dealing with other political hotspots such as North Korea.

I think the penny has dropped that the All Blacks aren't automatically just going to be the best team in the world.

The path Fiji is on, of denying the normal democratic rights to a minority because of their race, is utterly unacceptable to the international community,

In one case this disaster has been made much worse by deliberate and cynical government policies,

You have a plan, a set of objectives, you get the plan agreed, its now up to the governments to put it into action,

It's a horror story, it's the sort of thing the worst movie scenario wouldn't dream up,

Having reached the top he retained those characteristics of modesty and humility in victory which endeared him to us all and brought him respect from his greatest rivals,

As I said on election night, the result of voting appeared to give the Labor Party the opportunity to begin negotiations to form a new government.

It is clear in New Zealand's view that Zimbabwe has breached all of them.

Winston has never taken any great interest in foreign policy, so that one looks a bit more remote.

I have left it there. I accepted the pilot's apology when it was offered to me.

That's completely unacceptable, and I don't think there would be New Zealanders who would say that New Zealand should do nothing in the face of another country's agents trying to breach our sovereignty. We have to take a stand on that, regardless who the country is,

In terms of protecting ourselves, the main issues are around how do we protect our borders from illegal migrants and livestock and plant diseases, how do we protect our fisheries

We don't want to deal with a separatist party.

We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy.

I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,

We live in a very strong and robust democracy. This election has been very finely balanced and the result has been a close one.

We've got 40 000 places in our working holiday scheme for young people of other countries to come work and live in our country on a receptacle basis.

Our rates are disturbing and will deliver poor health long-term to many of our people at a very high cost to the taxpayer.

To have two big and powerful countries like the United States and Britain to walk outside the framework... there is going to be lot of soul searching now at the United Nations' Security Council, and within NATO, and within the European Union about what this means for the future,

It is of concern that when that becomes known it might provoke further disorder.

My objective now is to begin negotiations that will enable us to lead a government which brings New Zealanders together,

Well, look, that's not for me to judge. I have a completely different style.

He was a role model for New Zealanders for his ability to set clear goals and in his dedication in achieving them,

The service is designed to be a celebration of David's life with tributes from a wide range of family, friends and contributions from groups David spent his life working with,

The task now is for arrangements to be made which will ensure stable government in New Zealand for the next three years.

David's death has touched many New Zealanders. This memorial gathering enables us to celebrate his life and achievements.

The bottom line is that this Government doesn't trade the lives of young New Zealanders for a war it doesn't believe in, in order to secure some material advantage,

looking for as broad a base of support and for as stable a government as possible.

I know Indonesia. I know what they want. The people as well as the armed forces are behind me,

I'd recommend they hang on to them, because I am absolutely convinced that Air NZ has a viable future.

I got interest rates down - 15 and a half per cent in 1988 to seven and a half when I left, ... Madam

In particular, I would like to pay tribute to Mr. de Mello. He was one of the finest international civil servants,

Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.

Well of course New Zealand isn't anti-American.

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.

New Zealand will be working closely with Australia and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to arrange transshipment of the refugees to New Zealand,

I'm humbled that we have the opportunity to begin negotiations to form a new government. I want to thank all those who supported us today across New Zealand's many communities,

We (must be) very clear about the rules of origin, requirements in any agreement, that both Hong Kong and New Zealand have a commitment to upholding them,

It is important that the Commonwealth does back the principles which it repeatedly says that it stands for those principles being constitutional law, human rights and democracy,

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.