"The civil rights movement in the United States……" — John Hume
"The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about"
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32 Quotes by John Hume
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All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality...
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Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't…
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Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I…
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I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
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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…
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I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary…
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In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change…
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In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to…
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These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether…
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They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence…
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Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also…
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The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was…
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