Helen Clark quotes - page 2

I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is that New Zealand is building an up market dynamic into a connected economy. And that we are not the old-fashioned, ship mutton kind of product the people associate their export in work. (Helen Clark)

People are optimistic about the future.

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I think it's inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic and that would reflect the reality that New Zealand is a totally sovereign-independent 21st century nation 12,000 miles from the United Kingdom.

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

Helen Clark

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.

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Of course as a small country you're not necessarily in the strongest negotiating position unless you're negotiating with other small countries.

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Of course I have an opinion on many things but I don't micromanage.

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 lot of things.

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Helen Clark

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Occupation: New Zealander Minister
Born: February 26, 1950
Quotes count: 33
Wikipedia: Helen Clark

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