It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
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… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
