Quotes of Paddy Ashdown - somelinesforyou

“ I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I shall go home now. You have to know when your time is up. I knew that with the Liberal Democrats, and I know that now, in Bosnia. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ Politics is compromise. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ We are not there yet, but I'd be disappointed if in two years' time there was not some movement towards truth as a precursor to reconciliation. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ Politics is compromise. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I shall go home now. You have to know when your time is up. I knew that with the Liberal Democrats, and I know that now, in Bosnia. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ We have to make their livelihoods viable, get them the proper prices for their produce, try and make them stay rather than sell their property and leave again. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace. ”

- Paddy Ashdown

“ Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace. ”

- Paddy Ashdown
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