John Hume's Profile
Brief about John Hume: By info that we know John Hume was born at 1937-01-18. And also John Hume is Irish Politician.
Some John Hume's quotes. Goto "John Hume's quotation" section for more.These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception as a child of what was important or not is accurate, I don't know.
Tags: Another, Child, StandThey believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.
Tags: Put, Thinking, ViolenceThey divided the city into three electoral wards, and in one ward there was 70 percent of the people, the Catholic population, and they elected eight representatives to the city council.
Tags: City, Divided, ThreeI never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.
Tags: Leader, Simply, ThoughtIf the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
Tags: English, Language, WordTotal ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control.
Tags: Control, Public, SituationBefore the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.
Tags: Poor, Union, WorkingI grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
Tags: Example, Ireland, WorstThat's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.
Tags: Party, Pursuing, StrategyThe violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.
Tags: Broken, Philosophy, ViolenceTherefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.
Tags: Identity, Protect, ReachWe did not seek ideological confrontation.
Tags: SeekEvery child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting.
Tags: Family, History, MotherI think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely.
Tags: History, Time, WholeI was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.
Tags: Grateful, Political, StartI went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.
Tags: School, State, SystemIn coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side.
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