"I love this country, I love these people,……" — Paddy Ashdown
"I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold."
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32 Quotes by Paddy Ashdown
Paddy Ashdown has 32 quotes on this site.
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At the next election he'll offer the British public an alternative that provides weight and substance and seriousness in a…
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I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.
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I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC…
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We have to make their livelihoods viable, get them the proper prices for their produce, try and make them stay…
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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
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Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it…
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The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context…
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The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries — these live in a global space which is…
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The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.
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Now we are intimately locked together. You get swine flu in Mexico; it’s a problem for Charles de Gaulle Airport…
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One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both sides, both Israel and the Palestinians,…
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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