Jim Bolger

“The market is a good servant but a bad master.”

“Anyone who says they are not a feminist is an idiot.”

“Bugger the pollsters.”

“We want a society where people are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be adventurous.”

“Economic growth without social progress is a recipe for disaster.”

“We are a nation of immigrants. We are a Pacific nation.”

“I believe that the Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of our nation and that we have to address the grievances of the past.”

“You don't get to be prime minister of a country unless you're a pretty tough character.”

“The purpose of politics is to make a better society.”

“The day of the old-boy network is over.”

“We have to be prepared to change.”

“We are one country, one people.”