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Chris Patten Quotes

You don’t have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them Picture Quote #1

I suppose I’ve always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I’ve always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics Picture Quote #1

Multilateralism is not an easy option. We’re going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult Picture Quote #1

Hong Kong’s people will get what they want, despite China’s objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end Picture Quote #1

It is almost always wrong that the time isn’t ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems Picture Quote #1

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large Picture Quote #1

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I suppose I’ve always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I’ve always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by “unbridled” you mean unregulated Picture Quote #1

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off Picture Quote #1

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks Picture Quote #1

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks Picture Quote #1

All parts of the society need to feel that the police service is their police service, and that does not happen unless all parts of society are represented in the police Picture Quote #1

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But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership Picture Quote #1

You don’t have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them Picture Quote #1

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other Picture Quote #1

Of course, there were huge disagreements in the arguments of military intervention,.. There is no point at the moment on focusing on those disagreements Picture Quote #1

It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith Picture Quote #1

We have our own system,... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue Picture Quote #1

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Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties Picture Quote #1

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder Picture Quote #1

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations Picture Quote #1

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics Picture Quote #1

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it’s a pretty worthless endeavor Picture Quote #1

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You don’t have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them. (Chris Patten Quotes) I suppose I’ve always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I’ve always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics. (Chris Patten Quotes) Multilateralism is not an easy option. We’re going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult (Chris Patten Quotes) Hong Kong’s people will get what they want, despite China’s objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end (Chris Patten Quotes) It is almost always wrong that the time isn’t ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems (Chris Patten Quotes) It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large (Chris Patten Quotes) I suppose I’ve always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I’ve always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics (Chris Patten Quotes) I don’t think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by “unbridled” you mean unregulated (Chris Patten Quotes) Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off (Chris Patten Quotes) In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks (Chris Patten Quotes) In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks (Chris Patten Quotes) All parts of the society need to feel that the police service is their police service, and that does not happen unless all parts of society are represented in the police (Chris Patten Quotes) But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership (Chris Patten Quotes) You don’t have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them (Chris Patten Quotes) I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other (Chris Patten Quotes) Of course, there were huge disagreements in the arguments of military intervention,.. There is no point at the moment on focusing on those disagreements (Chris Patten Quotes) It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith (Chris Patten Quotes) We have our own system,... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue (Chris Patten Quotes) Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties (Chris Patten Quotes) There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder (Chris Patten Quotes) So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations (Chris Patten Quotes) I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics (Chris Patten Quotes) I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it’s a pretty worthless endeavor (Chris Patten Quotes)