Helen Clark

I felt really compromised. I think legal marriage is unnecessary and I would not have formalised the relationship [with husband Peter Davis]…

— Helen Clark

Senator Obama will be taking office at a critical juncture. There are many pressing challenges facing the international community, including the global…

— Helen Clark

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

— Helen Clark

Never look back' is my philosophy.

— Helen Clark

I have no beliefs of a religious kind.

— Helen Clark

I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.

— Helen Clark

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

— Helen Clark

I'm not into power for the sake of it.

— Helen Clark

Well, there have been periods in the past when prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were at each others' throats publicly…

— Helen Clark

If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a…

— Helen Clark

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

— Helen Clark

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a…

— Helen Clark

New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor…

— Helen Clark

Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.

— Helen Clark

Well, we don't think for a moment that either the U.S. or Australia are out to damage the New Zealand economy, but…

— Helen Clark

Health and education are always issues.

— Helen Clark

Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the…

— Helen Clark

New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand.

— Helen Clark

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.

— Helen Clark

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.

— Helen Clark

I think the issue of North Korea is one where the international community as a whole has to work to resolve the…

— Helen Clark

I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is…

— Helen Clark

Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind.

— Helen Clark

Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic…

— Helen Clark

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