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. – John Key
Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you dont, how youll handle a situation – whether youve got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions. – John Key
We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will. – John Key
I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative. – John Key
I do feel like I have always, in my life, been inclined to be on the outside, walk a different path or something. Because of that, and increasingly over the years, my sense of distance from mainstream society or from the way culture works, I have a different kind of perception of it. – Ian MacKaye