Chris Patten Quotes
Top 17 wise famous quotes and sayings by Chris Patten
Chris Patten Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.
Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.
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.
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.
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.
There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.
Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.
Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don't promote stability in the Palestinian territories,.