Jenny Shipley

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#fragile #fragile thing #maintain #peace #secure

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#countries #fortunate #including #large #made

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#achieved #development #however #peace #point

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#action #children #commitments #decisively #deferring

I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#anyone #assist #being #i #life

It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#covers #cultural #each #ethnic #historical

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#defence #last #new #relation #significant

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#governments #improving #ngos #play #role

The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#decision #destroyed #france #home #hope

The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#final #frigates #got #government #life