As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused on the job we had in front of us.
Jacinda ArdernRead
We've had a debate about immigration in New Zealand for some time. Now what we're trying to champion in that conversation is a recognition that New Zealand has been built off immigration. I myself am a third-generation New Zealander.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of recognizing immigration as a fundamental aspect of New Zealand's identity and development.
In her quote, Jacinda Ardern highlights the ongoing debate about immigration in New Zealand and frames it within the context of the country's history and identity. She asserts that New Zealand's growth and character have been shaped by immigrants, including her own family's experience as third-generation New Zealanders, thereby inviting a more inclusive understanding of national identity and belonging.
Themes
ImmigrationIdentityNew ZealandHistoryDiversity
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in discussions about the role of immigrants in shaping a nation's identity.
More from Jacinda Ardern
All quotes →One of the things I'm so determined to preserve and restore is the fact that you can be the kid who was born in Dinsdale and find yourself working for the British government in the U.K., to being prime minister.
Jacinda ArdernRead
Similar quotes
Life is not a struggle, not a tension. Life has not to be suffering. Life is bliss
Maharishi Mahesh YogiRead
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.
Robert JordanRead
Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.
Zygmunt BaumanRead
Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.
Eckhart TolleRead
As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
Marcus AureliusRead