"The violence had broken out in both sides,……" — John Hume
"The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear"
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32 Quotes by John Hume
John Hume has 32 quotes on this site.
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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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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the…
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is…
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When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly…
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That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,…
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both…
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You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're…
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The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual…
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Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on…
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice…
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