So, what I say to people is ...

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.
So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.
 Chris Patten

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[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.
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 Ori Hofmekler
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Men submit from habit to everything that seeks power.
My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.
 John Wesley

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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
Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.
 Chris Patten
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 a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.
 Chris Patten
In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.
 Chris Patten