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> [I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/i-was-grateful-for-the-opportunity-to-make-a-difference-the-political/)

[John Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hume/)

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## More by John Hume

> [In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/in-coming-to-that-agreement-my-party-had-a-clear-philosophy/)

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> [I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/i-never-thought-in-terms-of-being-a-leader-i-thought-very-simply-in/)

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> [In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/in-working-class-districts-you-had-several-families-living-together/)

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> [All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/all-conflict-is-about-difference-whether-the-difference-is-race/)

[John Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hume/)

> [“You are the generation that will be leading in the new century and the new millennium, so the challenge is to make sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/you-are-the-generation-that-will-be-leading-in-the-new-century-and/)

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> [Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/every-child-growing-up-will-look-to-their-parents-my-mother-and-my/)

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> [The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/the-basis-of-peace-and-stability-in-any-society-has-to-be-the-fullest/)

[John Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hume/)

> [In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/in-my-opinion-what-changed-the-situation-eventually-and-of-course-it/)

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> [“Difference is the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth, and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/difference-is-the-essence-of-humanity-difference-is-an-accident-of/)

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> [I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/i-think-that-s-not-a-question-that-one-can-answer-accurately-i-read-a/)

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> [That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/that-s-the-strategy-that-myself-and-my-party-have-pursued-and-are/)

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> [The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/the-violence-had-broken-out-in-both-sides-but-our-philosophy-as-a/)

[John Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hume/)

> [“We're much closer together in the world today than we were in the past. Given that it is a much smaller world, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/we-re-much-closer-together-in-the-world-today-than-we-were-in-the/)

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> [They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/they-believed-that-britain-was-in-ireland-defending-their-own/)

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> [My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hume/my-father-was-a-civil-servant-fairly-sort-of-middle-ranking-low-to/)

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