Helen Clark Quotes

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• 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.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand.
• Never look back. Move on. Aim high. Etc.
• Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.
• I felt really compromised. I think legal marriage is unnecessary and I would not have formalised the relationship [with husband Peter Davis] except for going…
• I think the penny has dropped that the All Blacks aren't automatically just going to be the best team in the world,
• Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.
• Economic growth which strips out the planet’s ecosystems is not sustainable
• Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic sense, strengthens democracy,…
• We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy.
• When women are able to live in a safe and secure environment, they can participate effectively in the economy and society. This helps overcome poverty,…
• Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind.
• Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.
• Health and education are always issues.
• Well of course New Zealand isn't anti-American.
• Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.

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