#lan

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. ↗

— John Hume

#english language #ian #language #paisley #removed

I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination. ↗

— John Hume

#discrimination #example #grew #i #ireland

At the present moment the people of England are only three-quarters fed, and the result of this improvement in the export of our manufactures would be, that they would be entirely fed. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#entirely #export #fed #improvement #manufactures

Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#fortunately #her #imports #materials #raw

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

#days #general #get #had #investment

The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity. ↗

— John Hume

#basic #british #british government #else #government

I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over every other class and over every other interest in the kingdom. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#because #class #corn #every #existing

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 My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.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

#believed #britain #date #defending #had

Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#because #consume #england #land #produce

We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption. ↗

— Claudio Hummes

#corruption #forcibly #land #price #see