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.

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

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

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

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.

Happily Single is permission to CHOOSE your life rather than having it handed to you, and it’s living life on your own terms instead of those that are expected of you.

The danger is in what we codify, commodify, and exploit.

Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.

Those of us who don't have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading "Confused.

Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn't.

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.

Without writing, what would I have become? Nothing. In China the individual used to be treated as a screw or a small cog in the revolutionary machine. I wanted to be a human being with a voice.

We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before.

When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.

Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.