John Hume
John Hume
John Hume, KCSGis 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...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 January 1937
CountryIreland
father issues unemployment
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues
philosophy party agreement
In 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.
educational opinion week
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system.
differences essence diversity
Difference is of the essence of humanity.
agreement identity tables
Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.
philosophy party broken
The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear
rights people united-states
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 precisely what our movement was about
ghetto order people
Total 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.
agreement people solutions
When people are divided, the only solution is agreement
government people unity
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 that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity
grateful opportunity differences
I 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.
example discrimination grew
I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
allowed break came himself house ireland northern ourselves problem raise regretted surprise took
When the break between himself and ourselves took place it came to our surprise and we regretted that very much. He was the first MP from Northern Ireland to be even allowed to raise the Northern Ireland problem in the House of Commons.
democrats duty implement peaceful stable totally true
The real duty now, if we want to have a totally peaceful and stable country, is for all true democrats to implement the will of the people.