Chris Patten Quotes
"Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries."
- Chris Patten
(Related: Cause, Countries)
"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
(Related: Politics, People, Values)
"It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems."
- Chris Patten
(Related: Time, Problems, Wrong)
"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
(Related: Business, Truth, Pretty, Right, Trying)
"In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks."
- Chris Patten
(Related: Democracy, Right)
"In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks."
- Chris Patten
(Related: Democracy, Right)
"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
(Related: Politics)
"I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor."
- Chris Patten
(Related: Politics, Pretty)
"I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other."
- Chris Patten
(Related: Balance, Freedom, Responsibility, Trying)
"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
(Related: Politics, Growth, Extreme, Fascism, World, Zen)
"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
(Related: Leadership, Ability)
"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
(Related: Politics, Surprises, Vulgarity)