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. John Hume Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. John Hume Read Quote
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side. John Hume Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn’t borrow from banks. John Hume Read Quote
If the word ‘No’ was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. John Hume Read Quote
