Chris Patten Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the british politician Chris Patten on topics like politics, sort, represented

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

    — Chris Patten on democracy
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  • There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

    — Chris Patten on voting
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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 accommodations.

    — Chris Patten on accommodations
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  • I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

    — Chris Patten on capitalism
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  • Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

    — Chris Patten on co2
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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.

    — Chris Patten on decide
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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.

    — Chris Patten on backside
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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 off.

    — Chris Patten on conservation
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  • In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

    — Chris Patten on democracy
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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 intellectual in politics.

    — Chris Patten on baggage
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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.

    — Chris Patten on balance
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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.

    — Chris Patten on ability
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  • About Chris Patten

    Name Chris Patten
    Quotes 14 quotations
    Nationality British
    Profession Politician
    Birthday October 16
    Top topics politics, sort, represented, pretty, democracy
  • 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 large.

    — Chris Patten on business
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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 thrust of politics.

    — Chris Patten on background
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