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Chris Patten [1944-0] British

Rank: 105
Politician, Former Governor of Hong Kong

Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a Crossbench member of the British House of Lords and a former British Conservative politician until 2011, as Member of the British Parliament for Bath from 1979 to 1992.

Freedom, Leadership, Politics

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Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.		101
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.	Freedom	102
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.	Politics	103
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.	Leadership	104
It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.		105
In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.		106
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.		107
In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.		108
I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by 'unbridled' you mean unregulated.		109
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.		110
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.		111
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.		112
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.		113

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