Helle Thorning-Schmidt Quotes

Without growth we can’t pay down our debt, and without growth there’s no money for welfare.

We have the opportunity to change Denmark – that opportunity must be seized.

We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there’s a change of guards in Denmark.

We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule… now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.

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

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

Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.

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.

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.

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.

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.