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13 quotes by Chris Patten

The Right Honourable The Lord Patten of Barnes CH PC Chairman of the BBC Trust In office 1 May 2011 – 6 May 2014 Deputy Diane Coyle Preceded by Michael Lyons Succeeded by Diane Coyle (Acting) Rona Fairhead Chancellor of the University of Oxford Incumbent Assumed office 20 September 2003 Deputy Colin Lucas John Hood Andrew Hamilton Preceded by The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead Chancellor of Newcastle University In office 5 October 1999 – 5...
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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and... →

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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... →

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

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

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

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Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get... →

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I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an... →

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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... →

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