John Hume

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

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People were so keen to get investment. In those days, there was quite significant unemployment in Northern Ireland, and that had been the general pattern in Northern Ireland for many, many years. ↗

— John Hume

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That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing. ↗

— John Hume

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The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about. ↗

— John Hume

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

— John Hume

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

— John Hume

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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 My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.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

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They divided the city into three electoral wards, and in one ward there was 70 percent of the people, the Catholic population, and they elected eight representatives to the city council. ↗

— John Hume

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We did not seek ideological confrontation. ↗

— John Hume

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When people are divided, the only solution is agreement. ↗

— John Hume

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