Helle Thorning-Schmidt quotes

“I feel like giving myself a pat on the back. We can create history tonight. We can bid goodbye to 10 years of (Liberal-Conservative) government which has ground to a halt, and get a new government and a new majority in Denmark.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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“So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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“People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I really appreciate the British part of my family.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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“I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Denmark's Thorning-Schmidt heads to Downing Street to meet David Cameron" by Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2011.

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“But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Peter Orszag and Sen. Judd Gregg on 'FNS'". FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2009.

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“Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I'm taking care of the children, doing a bit of cooking and trying to do a bit of DIY around the house. But that's not going too well.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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“We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule... now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“No, a euro referendum will not be part of a government programme if we get the chance to form one,”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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“Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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“Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.”
-- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Source : "Denmark elects its first female prime minister" by Jan M. Olsen and Karl Ritter, www.sfgate.com. September 16, 2011.

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