Chris Patten
Chris Patten
Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes CH PCis chancellor of the University of Oxford and a former governor of Hong Kong and the BBC Trust...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 May 1944
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behaving conceive cut determined europe masks men radio regime rest sending state television terrified truth
Only a state which is terrified of the truth resorts to sending men in masks into television and radio studios, ... Only a regime determined to try to cut Serbia off completely from the rest of Europe could conceive of behaving in this way.
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I'm not a starry-eyed optimist about human rights or other issues in North Korea,
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Anna was Sweden and we hope to our very marrow that Sweden will go on being Anna.
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I hope they (the solutions) are forthcoming and that the government of the Russian Federation will not conclude that the only answer to terrorism is to increase the power of the Kremlin,
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We do think the appalling economic circumstances in the West Bank and Gaza, that the economic blockade by Israel, that the non-payment of revenues by Israel to the Palestinian Authority, that these things make the security situation worse,
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We must dig deep in our pockets to make sure Pakistan isn't destabilized by the humanitarian crisis that may be about to engulf the country,
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We are profoundly disappointed that Zimbabwe's parliament has passed this law, which represents a fundamental attack on media freedom,
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Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.
honesty winning people
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 win the headlines every day.
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We're not trying to recreate Yugoslavia
atheist curious
It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith.
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What we are still not told is why it is necessary to restrict Hong Kong's civil liberties,