Jacinda Ardern Quotes
born 1980
Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician and a Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023.
Also known as: Ardern, @jacindaardern
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It is clear that this can only be described as a terrorist attack.
We all have different domestic issues, but at the core you see a deep sense of uncertainty and fear among citizens.
Anyone who possessed this overwhelming desire to face near certain death on a regular basis is going to be unusual.
People are seeking more kindness, more empathy, and these are not traits that can't coexist with the idea of strength and courage.
Being out of the spotlight is something I'm quite delighted by.
I want to bring into question those old assumptions about the character traits we want in politics.
There are very few things that I read about in the political space that don't take me back in some way.
There should be no place in a wealthy society like ours for children to grow up without their basic needs being met.
These are people who I would describe as having extremist views that have absolutely no place in New Zealand and in fact have no place in the world.
I cannot determine what will define my time in this place, But I do hope I've demonstrated something else entirely—that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind and wear your heart on your sleeve.
This is my generation's nuclear-free moment, and I am determined that we will tackle it head on.
I think it's actually more a question of personality than strictly gender, what type of leader you want to be and how sensitive you are to the feedback of voters.
Surely we can agree that publishing standards are there for a reason: to prevent harm, to acknowledge the harm of seeing such horrific acts of violence, to stop the perpetuation of violence.
Having sadly seen our nation in horrific moments of grief, I've concluded that countries don't move on from tragedy, rather they become part of your psyche.
People are experiencing hardship, and they have grievances towards those of political leadership and those in leadership in the private sector that they haven’t seen a resolution to the issues that they face.
Climate change is a crisis. It is upon us, And so one of the very few things I will ask of this house on my departure is that you please take the politics out of climate change.
Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who have been impacted today. Christchurch was their home. For many, this may not have been the place they were born, in fact for many, New Zealand was their choice.
[O]n my measure, if you have hundreds of thousands of children living in homes without enough to survive, that’s a blatant failure. What else could you describe it as?
I believe, therefore, that empathetic leadership is the domain of women. We don't just say, I'll only teach my daughter kindness, generosity, and curiosity. The values of being a good human should be the values of being a good leader.
Most people would look at politics and say, 'Have I got the armour required to be in that space?' And it was actually when I was in parliament itself that I really made the decision that I wasn't willing to change who I was in order to survive what we might call the bear pit.