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Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?"

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society."

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




Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "Truth and reconciliation' are always combined, but I would split them: I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth."

Truth and reconciliation' are always combined, but I would split them: I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy."

The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.




Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices."

There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press."

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



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "Politics is compromise."

Politics is compromise.




Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context in which she holds her power has now radically altered."

The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context in which she holds her power has now radically altered.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party."

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



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way."

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



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do."

I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads."

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




Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt."

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results."

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



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No."

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace."

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "Blair is regarded by most people in Britain as a smarmy git."

Blair is regarded by most people in Britain as a smarmy git.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "Coalition will come sooner or later, I'm certain of that."

Coalition will come sooner or later, I'm certain of that.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, do not understand that they share a collective destiny."

One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, do not understand that they share a collective destiny.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war."

We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.



Paddy Ashdown Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth."

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