Jacinda Ardern Quotes

Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success, it's failure

One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong.

You do not have to have personal ambition to be a leader. You do not have to be the loudest person in the room. You can believe in consensus more than you believe in conflict. You can be human. You can feel & show emotion. You can be kind, empathetic, and strong.

We have been strong enough and honest enough with our supporters to make it home and to have not all the cards, but we do have the main cards.

Ardern ordered pizza and opened a good bottle of whisky. Tomorrow they had a lot of work to do: moving offices, beginning the transition to being in power. But that was tomorrow. Tonight, they would celebrate.

Each improvement was celebrated, with Ardern quick to give credit to everyone watching at home.