John Hume Quotes

• La diferencia es la esencia de la humanidad. La diferencia es un accidente de nacimiento y, por tanto, nunca debe ser fuente de odio o conflicto. La respuesta a la diferencia es respetarla. Ahí reside un principio fundamental de la paz: el respeto a la diversidad.

  John Hume

  Respect, Lying, Differences

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• The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people.

  John Hume

  Respect, Peace, Rights

  John Hume's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1998.

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• I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

  John Hume

  Leadership, Kids, People

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• Cuando la gente está dividida, la única solución es el acuerdo.

  John Hume

  Agreement, People, Divided

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality.

  John Hume

  Race, Differences, Diversity

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• La diferencia es la esencia de la humanidad.

  John Hume

  Essence, Differences, Diversity

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• Había dos mentalidades, y ambas tenían que cambiar. Estaba lo que yo llamaba la mentalidad afrikáner de los políticos unionistas, que tenía todo el poder en sus manos, y discriminaba, y su objetivo era proteger su identidad

  John Hume

  Hands, Two, Mind

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• We're much closer together in the world today than we ever were in the psot. Given that it is a much smaller world, we are in a stronger position to shape that world. As we enter the new century, and anew millennium, let us create a world in which there is no longer any war or any conflict.

  John Hume

  War, Together, Stronger

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• Si se eliminara la palabra "No" de la lengua inglesa, Ian Paisley se quedaría sin habla.

  John Hume

  Would Be, Language, Speechless

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• El movimiento por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos perseguía lo mismo, la igualdad de trato para todos los sectores de la población, y eso es precisamente lo que perseguía nuestro movimiento.

  John Hume

  Pregnancy, Equality, Rights

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 08, 2002.

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• Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.

  John Hume

  Class, People, Credit

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• Al llegar a ese acuerdo, mi partido tuvo una filosofía clara en todo momento. En Irlanda del Norte debíamos tener instituciones que respetaran las diferencias de la gente y que no dieran la victoria a ninguna de las partes.

  John Hume

  Philosophy, Party, Agreement

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• 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.

  John Hume

  Ghetto, Order, People

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• They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.

  John Hume

  Thinking, Use, Violence

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• 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.

  John Hume

  Government, People, Unity

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• 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.

  John Hume

  Grateful, Opportunity, Differences

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• 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.

  John Hume

  Educational, Opinion, Week

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.

  John Hume

  Example, Discrimination, Grew Up

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

  John Hume

  Broken Heart, Philosophy, Party

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievment Interview, www.achievement.org. June 08, 2002.

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• 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 that we had was unemployment payments.

  John Hume

  Children, Father, Support

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite a bit of history and read that as much for pleasure as part of a curriculum.

  John Hume

  Age, Fiction, Curriculum

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.

  John Hume

  Agreement, Identity, Tables

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception as a child of what was important or not is accurate, I don't know.

  John Hume

  Children, Perception, Important

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• 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

  John Hume

  Father, Issues, Unemployment

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for two complete years and was well through the third year before they discovered that I had completely avoided all games.

  John Hume

  School, Years, Games

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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