Joan Kirner quotes
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“There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.”
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“I have severe osteoporosis. Your bones start to collapse.”
-- Joan Kirner -
“Men are rarely questioned on their spouses or their partners, and nor should they be. And the question to ask is why is this done to women?”
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“I was very happy being education minister and deputy to John Cain.”
-- Joan Kirner -
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“Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?”
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“You empower what you fight.You withdraw power from what you release.”
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“I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.”
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“The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.”
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