"Democracy doesn’t belong to Government or to prime ministers. It belongs to the people."
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Norman Kirk
Norman Eric Kirk PC (6 January 1923 – 31 August 1974) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 29th prime minister of New Zealand and as well as the [[w:Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|minister of Foreign
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