There is much more good gained from having a fully functioning financial market than there ever is not having that. John Key Read Quote
My mother had an incredibly strong accent – although I couldn’t hear it – and she was the main person there, so I’ll have learnt to speak English from her. John Key Read Quote
I think what happens when you are prime minister is no day is the same and every day you are under pressure. And there is always so much happening that the days just flash by and flash into weeks. John Key Read Quote
New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt. John Key Read Quote
I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you wouldn’t go into it, because it’s demanding and potentially has a toll on you and your family. John Key Read Quote
New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don’t do that – and you want to lead the world – then you might end up getting unintended consequences. John Key Read Quote
I’ve always been a glass-half-full as opposed to a glass-half-empty, and the day that changes is the day I should leave. John Key Read Quote
I want to leave New Zealand in better shape than I found it. I know the job of prime minister is not forever and I’m going to do the best I can every day to make that difference. John Key Read Quote
We don’t tell New Zealanders we can stop the global recession, because we can’t. What we do tell them is we can use this time to transform the economy to make us stronger so that when the world starts growing again we can be running faster than other countries we compete with. John Key Read Quote
