Quotes By Helen Clark
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 deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
Helen Clark
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.
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.
Helen Clark
We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy.
Helen Clark
Well, there have been periods in the past when prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were at each others' throats publicly and frequently. That's not productive at all.
Helen Clark
I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.
Helen Clark
There is also a marked global trend towards sustainable agriculture, building on traditional methods which use fewer chemical inputs, carefully manage soil and water resources, and work hand-in-hand with nature.
Helen Clark
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.
Helen Clark
In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.
Helen Clark
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.
Helen Clark
Of course as a small country you're not necessarily in the strongest negotiating position unless you're negotiating with other small countries.
Helen Clark
Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.
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 if there were a sustained period in which they had a free-trade agreement and New Zealand didn't have that same arrangement with the States, that could be both trade- and investment-distorting.
Helen Clark
I think the issue of North Korea is one where the international community as a whole has to work to resolve the crisis.
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.
Helen Clark
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
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.
Helen Clark
Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.
Helen Clark