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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Today, Mistake, Denmark, Guards

But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Social, Amount, Sets, Redistribution

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Politics, About, Too, Comment

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.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Big, Country, Young Girls, Denmark

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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Change, Opportunity, Must, Denmark

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.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Goodbye, Feel, Tonight, Denmark

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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Move On, Needs, Move, Denmark

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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Change, Now, Bourgeois, Denmark

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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Win, Course, Address, Deficit

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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Election, More, Everyone, Gifts

People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

People, Want, Sacrifices, Sacrificed

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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

The Most Important, Social, Healthy Economy

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

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Growth, Money, Pay, Debt

So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Decision, Pretty, Making, European

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.

- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Doing, Going, Bit, Cooking

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