Chris Patten Quotes: top 25 famous quotes about Chris Patten

Chris Patten Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational Chris Patten quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure. — Norman Tebbit

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

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

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

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

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

Worse than Munich with worse than Chamberlain! — Peter Paret

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

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

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

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

Free will is "corrupted nature's deformed darling, the Pallas or beloved self-conception of darkened minds" — John Owen

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

When you know what someone wants, it's easy to manipulate them. — Nora Sakavic

We're not trying to recreate Yugoslavia — Chris Patten

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

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

Bye-bye, Elan. P.S., Next time you implicate someone falsely, try to pick a pacifist. — J.R. Ward

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

Acceptance does not mean inaction; acceptance is actually acknowledging the present situation. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

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

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen. — Sophia Amoruso

The importance of high expectations plays a big role. — Wes Moore

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