"If the word 'No' was removed from the……" — John Hume

"If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless."

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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…

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More English Quotes

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Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English. — David Attenborough
You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. — Margaret Atwood
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime… — John James Audubon
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. — Walter Bagehot
Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. — Russell Baker
'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time… — Christian Bale
I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and… — Javier Bardem
I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old… — Drew Barrymore
I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back. — Felix Baumgartner
I do love cricket - it's so very English. — Sarah Bernhardt
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. — Thomas Beecham
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley

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