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Explore our hand-picked selection of 28 inspiring quotes by John Hume.

About John Hume

  • Born: January 18, 1937
  • Occupation: Politician
    • Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. my grandmother lived with us. i picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting.
    Mother Children Growing Up
    In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion.
    Fashion Class House
    I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. a secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.
    Educational School Independent
    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.
    School Years Games
    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.
    Children Perception Important
    The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.
    Broken Heart Philosophy Party
    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.
    Age Fiction Curriculum
    Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.
    Agreement Identity Tables
    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
    Father Issues Unemployment
    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.
    Children Father Support
    I grew up in derry, of course, and it was - derry was the worst example of northern ireland's discrimination.
    Example Discrimination Grew Up
    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.
    Educational Opinion Week
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