Chris Patten

Politician

1944-05-12

Books by Chris Patten

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I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.
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I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by 'unbridled' you mean unregulated.
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Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.
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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.
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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.
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I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
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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.
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