I believe in trying
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. Chris Patten
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I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. Chris Patten
In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks. Chris Patten
Of course, there were huge disagreements in the arguments of military intervention, .. There is no point at the moment on focusing on those disagreements. Chris Patten
There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder. Chris Patten
Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don’t promote stability in the Palestinian territories,. Chris Patten
It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large. 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
It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith. Chris Patten
It’d make a wonderful change to have the leader of a pluralist democracy who acted on that, who told people just how tough things are going to be, just what’s going to have to be done – and, maybe, ran all the risks on the side of honesty, rather than spinning stories and trying to … Read more
It is almost always wrong that the time isn’t ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems. Chris Patten