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Chris Patten quotes: You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

Chris Patten quotes: In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

Chris Patten quotes: It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.

Chris Patten quotes: I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

Chris Patten quotes: It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith.

It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith.

Chris Patten quotes: Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.

Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.

Chris Patten quotes: Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

Chris Patten quotes: Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable, ... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable, ... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

Chris Patten quotes: But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

Chris Patten quotes: I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

Chris Patten quotes: I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by 'unbridled' you mean unregulated.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by 'unbridled' you mean unregulated.

Chris Patten quotes: We're not trying to recreate Yugoslavia

We're not trying to recreate Yugoslavia

Chris Patten quotes: There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

Chris Patten quotes: Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.

Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.

Chris Patten quotes: In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Chris Patten quotes: Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

Chris Patten quotes: Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don't promote stability in the Palestinian territories,.

Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don't promote stability in the Palestinian territories,.