Helle Thorning-Schmidt Quotes

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

Money, Down, Growth

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

Social, Europe, Equal

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

Change, Leadership, Move

For young girls, whom I meet a lot when I travel around the country, it will be a big thing. It will really show them that there's no post in Denmark that a girl can't aspire to.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Travel, Girl, Country

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

History, Government, Giving

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

Politics, British, Comment

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

Family, Appreciate, British

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

Care, Children, Trying

Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Win, Deficit, Address

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

Sacrifices, Sacrificed

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

Work, Decision, Pretty

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Everyone, Election, Hand

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

Important, Far, Social

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

Change, Farewell, Rule

We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Change, History, Today

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

Change, Seized, Denmark

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Biography

Nationality: Danish

Type: Politician

Born: December 14, 1966

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