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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 28 quotes by John Hume John Hume, KCSG (born 18 January 1937) is an Irish former politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble. He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a position he held from 1979 until 2001. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament and a Member of the British Parliament,... Read full biography of John Hume → 1 2 3 Ctrl → I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people. 0 My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding... → 0 Every 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... → 0 Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks. 0 In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the... → 0 The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was... → 0 There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was... → 0 When people are divided, the only solution is agreement. 0 If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. 0 In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the... → 0 Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in... → 0 Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity. 0 The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is... → 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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