"Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference……" — John Hume
"Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity."
—
John Hume
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
32 Quotes by John Hume
John Hume has 32 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality...
-
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't…
-
Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I…
-
I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
-
I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties…
-
I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary…
-
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change…
-
In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to…
-
These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether…
-
They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence…
-
Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also…
-
The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was…
See all 32 quotes by John Hume »
More Accident Quotes
This quote is filed under Accident Quotes,
one of 1,026 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.
— Lauren Bacall
-
Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing…
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
— Henry Adams
-
I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you…
— Roseanne Barr
-
No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at…
— Joe Barton
-
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
-
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that…
— Renata Adler
-
The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They…
— Kathryn Bigelow
-
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
-
U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do,…
— Bono
-
It's not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It's not an accident. That's…
— Bono
-
I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled…
— Kim Alexis
See all 1,026 Accident Quotes »