Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Aleqa Hammond

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Greenlander politician Aleqa Hammond.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Aleqa Hammond

Aleqa Hammond is a Greenlandic politician and former member of the Danish Folketing (parliament). Formerly the leader of the Siumut party, she became Greenland's first female prime minister after her party emerged as the largest parliamentary faction in the 2013 elections. In 2014 she stepped down as Prime Minister and leader of Siumut, following a case of misuse of public funds. She was expelled from Siumut on 23 August 2016 after yet another case of misuse of public funds and became an independent. On 31 March 2018 she announced that she would be running in the 2018 Greenlandic parliamentary election for the Siumut breakaway Nunatta Qitornai.

Taking the future in your own hands has a fantastic psychological impact.
I feel pride in being a Greenlander.
Greenlanders' heart is the environment. You can't sell your heart for oil. — © Aleqa Hammond
Greenlanders' heart is the environment. You can't sell your heart for oil.
I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.
The North Pole will be ice-free during summer in years to come, and that itself will put the Arctic Sea basin on a very high risk of... environmental disasters that might be there.
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