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" If I had terminal cancer, I had a few weeks to live, I was in tremendous amount of pain - if they just effectively wanted to turn off the switch and legalise that by legalising euthanasia, I'd want that. "

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" Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't. "

John Key

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" I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative. "

" I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics. "

" I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when you are in the middle of them. "

" I used to think... that people would think badly of me for various stuff they read. But now I accept it's just part of the deluge of stuff that comes every day. "

John Key

Now

Think

" We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will. "

" The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless. "

John Key

Will

Whether

" Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in setting up a business or expanding an existing business. "

" Let's just get a deal done then let's worry about expanding it. "

" New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt. "

" Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions. "

" My mother had an incredibly strong accent - although I couldn't hear it - and she was the main person there, so I'll have learnt to speak English from her. "

" New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don't do that - and you want to lead the world - then you might end up getting unintended consequences. "

" You are not going to change me and if you do, it will look like a fraud, it will be a fraud. "

John Key

Will

Look

" There is much more good gained from having a fully functioning financial market than there ever is not having that. "

" I want to leave New Zealand in better shape than I found it. I know the job of prime minister is not forever and I'm going to do the best I can every day to make that difference. "

" From time to time I might push a little bit too hard and I have got to be a bit more careful. "

" I care about people's human rights and, as a country, we have a very proud record indeed. But I'm also realistic about what we can do... we can raise those issues with leaders and we can talk about those issues, and we do that. "

" Sunday night I always cook if I can - if I'm home, I always cook. "

" I think what happens when you are prime minister is no day is the same and every day you are under pressure. And there is always so much happening that the days just flash by and flash into weeks. "

" Bronagh looks after the kids and without her the family would disintegrate... there are some things you can't discuss with anyone other than your wife. There has to be a strong bond of trust. "

" We live in a world where equality is pretty important. "

" I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society. "

" The public talk colloquially, the public's grammar's not perfect. They kid around and I don't think they overly mark me down for that. They just see me as a normal guy. "

" I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows. "

" I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth. "

" We don't tell New Zealanders we can stop the global recession, because we can't. What we do tell them is we can use this time to transform the economy to make us stronger so that when the world starts growing again we can be running faster than other countries we compete with. "

" Sure I can sit around and do absolutely nothing for the next nine years and I might survive that long but it's not going to take New Zealand anywhere. "

" You can't base an industry solely on one person. That's a very vulnerable business strategy. "

" I believe the future of our country can be really great. "