We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.

Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.

It would be stupid of me to rule out ever being the leader because that's an impossible thing to rule out. I can't predict future events.

New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.

We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric against its environmental record

I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

While his removal will not necessarily bring an immediate end to terrorist activity, I have absolutely no doubt that the world is a safer place without Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people, including New Zealanders, in several different parts of the world.

Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in setting up a business or expanding an existing business.

We live in a world where equality is pretty important.

Our lives are a picture of what we ought to do, what we need to do, what we are planning to do and what we want to do.

A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.

There must have been a moment, at the beginning, were we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.

The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

And o'er the hills, and far away Beyond their utmost purple rim, Beyond the night, across the day, Thro' all the world she follow'd him.

Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. "Is this yours?" she asked "probably" said Paddy "she burns everything else"

Football is a thinly disguised re-enactment of hunting; we played it before we were human.

There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to.

... in no part of the world is genteel visiting founded on esteem, in the absence of suitable furniture and complete dinner-service.